Italia! Abruzzo

We’ve had a lovely few days relaxing and enjoying the Adriatic coast of Italy. We were able to rent a car for the day and tool around the province and it is a part of Italy I’d like to see more of. The coast is lovely, but the mountains are magnificent.

We sealed the deal for the €60 rental car with an espresso and a few signatures. The most complicated thing about it were the two different fuel types. More on that later.

This was our first fuel stop when we realized that the orange dashboard light was the low gasoline warning. And no, Christopher didn’t drink the wine. He just posed with it.

We stopped for lunch in Lanciano, which has been a town for more than 2000 years. Neither of us took a photo of it, but the lovely restaurant we stopped in the bathroom window was an arrow slit from the old castle wall.

Lunch was delicious. I asked our lovely waitress to tell me what these phenomenal cheese ball things were, but I fail to write it down, and it has now slipped from  memory - we ate at Abruzzo Gourmet Restaurant  

Air Travel delays

​I wonder if I’m just unlucky, or if everyone else has the same experience? 50% of the time I experience air travel delay. Arriving here I had two flights one flight was delayed. I qualify that it is 50%. Christopher travelling to Rome had two flights one flight was delayed which made him miss the next flight. Notify that is 50%. Is this normal?

Iceland wool week – the end

​I am just heading to the airport and caught a lovely photo of the cathedral lit up pink in honour of breast cancer survivors. 

It’s been a busy week and I’m still not done processing at all. When I come back? I’d love to if I come into some money. When we were at the gift shop for the national Gallery, there was a postcard and mug that said on one side the weather is terrible and on the other side and it’s expensive too.

Iceland Wool Week - National Museum

​A full day including the national museum. 

A warp weighted loom with a very good description of how to operate it 

This fellow maybe Thor  

This alter front from the 16th century depicts the folds in cloth much better than the naked toes. I have to think seeing toes was rare…

A chasible ( garment worn by a priest for service) of gold and silver thread couched into a cut velvet from the 16th century I think. 

This is silk on linen and an import since the oaks depicted don’t grow in Iceland. 

Iceland Wool Week - Thingborg Makers Market

​The last event of the tour is a makers market. The market includes a coffee and snack bar run by the local women’s institute. 

The snacks were delicious. There are also some lovely sweaters on display along with mittens. The story of the mitten book is a wonderful one. The author collected the mittens and identified the knitters and has four generations of women’s art on mittens in the book.

This one has a slot for you index finger  shooting mitts?

Iceland Wool Week more Hvergadi Walks

​It was a beautiful day for parts of yesterday and we had a free morning so I went for a longer walk. This time I managed to find the path up onto the table top overlooking the town. And the sun shone for a few glorious moments.

Iceland Wool Week Success

​If success is measured in purchases - it was a success! So much luggage that it didn’t all fit in the bus hatches. 

This is after the German husband on the trip achieved his glory by getting the vast majority of it in the hatches. Thank-goodness he was here and on the job!