More Italy

This first photo is the restaurant Vinanzio on top of the 'road' - a wild ride up!

Fantastic day out with some new friends and a guide, Marco. We drove up into the mountains of Carrara and then even further after seeing the marble being extracted - went to Colonnata and had the *best* lunch @ Ristorante Vinanzio (a 2010 Mobil Guide choice, which if you saw just how far you have to go to 'find' this place, is a amazing feat unto itself!)

We past a road side of a quarry and 'souvenir' shop where they had all kinds of marble items for sale. The quarry

was actually working while we watched. Could not see down

into the 'hole' but could hear all the hammering and such and then the crane moved some slabs up.

After the ride to the top we ate wonderful home made pasta, drank some chianti (1990 Ruffino Reserva) and *then* we had a limon sorbet for desert. This was the lightest, fluffiest sorbet you can imagine. As Maddie said on her first bite: 'its like a melody in your mouth'!

Beautiful countryside, lovely company of Sandy and Kay and a great guide in Marco made this a lifetime memorable day here in Italy.

Che bella giornata! Thank you Sandy and Kay, glad we bumped into you at lunch yesterday.