a nice place under the tuscan sun

I can’t believe it’s Monday already…and it’s been almost three weeks since I started my new job. Still learning and enjoy meeting new people — although I know quite a few people at work from my time as a SAHM (stay at home mom) when I had the time to throw dinner parties …

Anyway, the temperature has dropped and it feels like summer is slowly going away. We decided to make the most of last week, being ferrogosto followed by the Palio, meaning two days off from work. Last Tuesday we went to the sagra di bistecca in Cortona, which you can read about it in Tania’s blog. On the weekend, we returned to Cortona for the sagra di porcini and to spend time with our friends Tania & Keith at their new home.

We arrived late afternoon, just in time for a quick swim in their big pool with the view of Cortona in the background. Baby Boy wasn’t so keen going into the water, although towards the end he did spend some time knee deep on the steps of the pool. I ended up using his floaties ….yay…Lightning Mcqueen!
We sipped fruit cocktails made by Keith (he is the master of drinks!) and enjoyed some munchies I brought over from Siena.

cherry tomato, pancetta quiche (recipe to follow..not much time at the moment)

sticky cinnamon rolls (recipe to follow..not much time at the moment)

After more swimming and lazying around, we all got ready to head off to the sagra.

Baby Boy and his new game — gravel discovery. The pool and view in the background

The sagra was held in the big garden in the center of Cortona. Here are series of pictures from the sagra.

Porcini man

BIG frying pans

Porcini ladies

Porcini baby (plus few pieces of nectarine)

Porcini fritto — HEAVENLY DELICIOUS

Yum!

After a long day of lazying and eating, we decided to stay over at Tania’s and Keith’s. While Baby Boy slept in his stroller, the four of us (plus Murphy puppy) set under the Tuscan stars sipping on a wonderful Cortona red. The pool was lit beautifully — I was too tired (and full) to take pictures, but you should head over to Tania’s blog to see what I mean. It was so peaceful. That night, I slept so deeply. Baby Boy slept next to me and only stirred a little, while continuing to do his cute little snores.

Breakfast was under the pine trees — coffee, fruit, juice and leftovers … It was magnificent!!! I can’t thank Tania & Keith enough for a great time and for such a wonderful friendship.

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