i start my writing with a quote from mi amore ,Gaetano:
"Con tutte le cose belle esistono al mondo, nessun uomo che tu stia cosi male per lui" , meaning, from all the beauty in the world, no men allow to hurt you and not appriciating the beauty of life.
True!!!.. i have been to all continents,been to tons of beautiful cities on the planet earth , been living in 4 continent, i should have been grateful, blessed, should have not let anybody or illness changed who i am...
Hence last week, i grabbed my first flight post surgeries, and visit my best friends since forever Patrizia and her hubby Gaetano, in Bologna, an ancient city in Italy, i wont tell you where about Bologna is, we have google map for that, and not telling you where you should go , as my blog is about eat, pray and love , not a travel blog, you should go to lonely planet dot com, or to wikitravel :):).... hell yes , i am still bitchie , and i am the bitch from the hell and dammed good at it, my mum have me checked.
Well, if you got an unchristian flight in the cold morning, you might be cranky as well, but the thought of going to meet my travel sister in crime, made me super dupper happy...Landed in hot humid Bologna, the first thing Pattie asked me was, lets grab bar brekky, as alcoholic as i am, thought , hell yes, let start the day with the nectar of hell, little i know, she meant, breeky at the bakery :):):), yes, i got a danish with ricotta cheese and Cappucino , and ladies and Gents, NEVER EVER ORDER CAPPUCINO AFTER 12 PM, else all Italians Folks will come after you , Cappucino ( not Cappu or Cap) only to drink in the morning, if you want milk in your coffee in the afternoon, order latte macchiato, or macchiato.( YOU BEEN WARNED)
After a chit and chat, visited the beautiful saturday market, and bought some fresh herbs for the garden, we went to her hobby garden, and boy i was in love, those tomatos, looks amazing, sweet and tasty, i cant stop eating them... i am a bad farmer :) , yes they are tomatos, dont you dare to have a dirty mind :):):):)
Like a genuine Italians ,for lunch , we have a home made fresh pasta with fresh tomato, prosciutto ham, garlic ,olive oil and some cooked pasta water ( i might get a yell from Pattie as i forgot the tiny cold cut name she used for this matriciana so i said it was prosciutto, sorry cara ) thats it, nothing more, nothing less, simple Italians recipe..but the taste was amazing..... we ate it with fresh pane freshly baked in stone oven and finished it with beautiful lambrusco and cheese,and of course an espresso and mignon ( tiny cakes from the bakery )
Well, i am a cheese addict ( as a lactose intolerance not really a good combo) , so i really only eat a good cheese, from European Country, Sorry Murican and Straya, i just cant risk it.
The cheese was soft truffle cheese, goat cheese and a peperish one, so amazing with sparking sweet sourish Lambrusco ( well, i just drink European alcoholics beverages :) , yes i am a little snob )
My tummy was about to blown up, i ate too much, we went to the church as i wanted to pray a bit, i need to have a wee chit chat with the man up there, i was asking him for a sign, oh boy, he might love me too much or tired of my whining, i got the sign instantly , so, when Pattie asked me if i would like to go to have a apperitivo i said : yep, i would love to...
Well, i did my eat and pray , ........as my best friend Negroni calling my name, and ofcourse mia cara has her own favorite apperitivo bar to go, it was packed!!!
We only need to pay for the drinks and all the bites will be included, Hell no !! dont tell a Dutchie that the bites will be free to grab, this Dutchie who has complained her tummy about to exploded, just cant stop eaiting tiny bit of risotto, aubergine,mozarella cheese, eggs and cheese, what else ?? the negroni taste like God made it himself, and Dammed Dutchie cant resist to smoke again, to whom going to give me a preach, FO, i'd been in the hell back and forward for many moons, i think i can get a ciggie or two.
We closed the Saturday with a homemade Chicken tight cooked with multiple herbs from the garden, tomato cooked with bread crumb, fresh bread baked in the wood oven, lambrusco and finished it with Grappa.... oh boy, i really need my bed now :):) dont wake me up tomorrow...
We spent sunday with cooking lunch, watched Formula1to start ( in Monza) so you obligated to watch, since this is the country of Ferrari, and wandered at the outlet shop ( where else will you find Ephie) , nope i didnt plan to go shopping, but those shoes from Thimberland was really good and cheap...we ate tagliatelle al ragu, NEVER SAID SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE to an Italians, especially not when you are in Bologna, there is NO SUCH AS spaghetti Bolognese, this is not exist , i repeat, this is not exist :):)....and the ragu, so simple, only with meat and olive oil and fresh tomato, you ate it with fresh basil....we finish it with parmigiano e aceto balsamico, oh boy, feels like i was dancing in the clouds, so amazing, this time i refused to drink any alcohol beverages, as my tummy a bit sore after yestrday..but when Pattie asked if i wanna go for apperitivo, i said YEEEESSSS....
We slept early , i dont feel that well, got a couple of bad dreams at night, i thought i already over that dreams, but this time really upsetting me, got a moody morning, so Pattie made me a longo and some mignons, before lunch, and listened to me crying, i love Pattie and Gaetano, as they both didnt judge me and just hold me with love and gave their shoulder for me to cry on, and Gaetano made me laugh when he said my bad people alarm didnt really worked well, and ended up broken my heart and put me in tears, ooooh i love my Sicilians caro....., we ate our lunch and got our gelato before i took my flight to another destination...
I got my eat, plenty of amazing food, i got my pray and i got the unconditional love from the most genuine people i have ever met in my life..... thank you Pattie, you never promised me anything, but i know you will be there when i need you , i love you like my own sister....Grazie mille cara.... Tiamo
Bologna Sept, 9th...
Next destination, Berlin !!
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