Ciao! Come stai? Yesterday we went to a little town called Orvieto. First we took a bus to the train station and rode a train. Then we got off the train and walked to the funicular station. A funicular is like a tiny train that rolls up and down a big hill to the town. When we got there we walked around and old castle and looked at some views, or as my mother would say "sweeping views". Then my dad and I walked into a giant well. We went down a ton of steps to the bottom and then we crossed a bridge over some water and went up some different steps back up. In all, I counted 494 steps inside the well! It was exciting in there and a little bit creepy too! There just kept being more steps taking you down and up. My mom and sister said they didn't go in because my sister might have gotten very tired and maybe scared too.
We walked all over the town and saw lots of cats! We got to pet a few. Orvieto is a little bit different from Rome. There are less people and a little less cars too.
We stopped at a really good pizza place for lunch. We got three pizzas and they were all so good! We got a pizza margarita, a pizza with ricotta, asparagus, and yellow tomato sauce, and a pizza with ham, olives, mushrooms, and salami. YUM.
Today it is Sunday so every store and place is closed. My dad, my sister, and I went out early to buy some buns for breakfast and we couldn't find any stores or bakeries that were open! We kept walking though, and we saw a bakery that we pass a lot, one with a giant salami in its window. That one was open! We got four pastries. I picked a little tart that had cream and strawberries, my sister picked a tart with apples, and then we also got one sugary donut, and one cream croissant. They were really good.
I picked the tart with strawberries because it looked really good and I like things with cream in them. It was a little bit too sweet for me though and I don't think I would pick it again next time. I liked the one Eloise picked.
Fun Italian Phrase: biscotti (cookies)
-Violet
We walked all over the town and saw lots of cats! We got to pet a few. Orvieto is a little bit different from Rome. There are less people and a little less cars too.
We stopped at a really good pizza place for lunch. We got three pizzas and they were all so good! We got a pizza margarita, a pizza with ricotta, asparagus, and yellow tomato sauce, and a pizza with ham, olives, mushrooms, and salami. YUM.
Today it is Sunday so every store and place is closed. My dad, my sister, and I went out early to buy some buns for breakfast and we couldn't find any stores or bakeries that were open! We kept walking though, and we saw a bakery that we pass a lot, one with a giant salami in its window. That one was open! We got four pastries. I picked a little tart that had cream and strawberries, my sister picked a tart with apples, and then we also got one sugary donut, and one cream croissant. They were really good.
I picked the tart with strawberries because it looked really good and I like things with cream in them. It was a little bit too sweet for me though and I don't think I would pick it again next time. I liked the one Eloise picked.
Fun Italian Phrase: biscotti (cookies)
-Violet
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