Sheesh even the car parks here are scenic! Just to be clear, that building is NOT the Duomo lolLunch was had again in the crazy Pane & VinoThey really mean it 😀Bizarre raw artichoke salad yet againLiterally cannot go wrong with Umbrian wines!!I had a little bit of everything pretty muchSam has been into soups latelyWaitress in scary Attack Mode
Then it was back to the flat for our work day. As luck would have it, the stock markets are melting down at the moment so I’m sort of in a “batten down the hatches” mode.
Travel trading set-up
And speaking of luck… I completely tested out all my equipment in Rome, everything was all well and good—but when I fired everything up in Todi for the first time, my charting app randomly tried to update itself and ended up bricking itself; my trading app DAS updated itself too against my will and now has a weird new interface, and so my comfortable trading environment from home has been pretty much trashed! Welcome to life on the road lol.
Saw this ancient fountain for the first timeAnd went to this restaurant for the first time! I love the description, “Italian Cuisine,”…. ya think???? You can see our street, Via San Fortunato, slightly to the right near to the bottomI am getting the menu from a QR code as usualCabbage-wrapped potato center, that purple thing at the side was a cleverly wrapped red-cabbage twirl, the whole dish was pretty cool if you love cabbageSupposedly there was duck involved here somewhere, perhaps thru a blender?Pork chops in an incredibly strong mustard sauce which Sam totally lovedThe Umbria reds continue to impress, tho I’m still not expecting to find these in the US (edit: no, I have not been able to lol)Sam looking content, if still a bit chillyI am still wearing three layers indoors 😀Dessert before & after 😀 And finally, a wafer-thin mint… a “bonet”! When we randomly ordered it, we had no idea of course and figured it would be a weird dessert just as wacky as ever, but for once we were wrong.. this was fantastic!!! Maybe the best dessert thus far!Checking out downstairs at the restaurantI’ll bet their patio is lovely in warmer weather
This restaurant was so great, yet somehow we forgot all about it and didn’t remember to go back for three weeks! !Doh!
Taking the scenic streets back homeEvery view is worth a picture hereThis is the God who protects the sacred car park!These huge busses always crack me up when I see them ramming themselves down these tiny medieval streets at high speedOn the left is the Todi Duomo, kind of a spartan structure but with a ton of history behind it. Its official name is Concattedrale della Santissima Annunziata. It is situated at the far end of the Piazza del Popolo, which is like the main square of the town.The oldest parts date from Roman times but most of this is from the fifteenth century to the nineteenth century, kinda randomlyThe modern-day church has a lot of new rules: women can’t wear tops, no Androids, no McD’s, no exploding cameras, no bad breath, no meat I just love that skull in the middle!!!!!! Zoom in, it’s really pretty coolDang that organ puts even mine to shameThis place is HUGE!! And what made it feel even more so was the fact that I was the only one here… it was literally empty, the only sounds were my occasional footfalls reverberating loudly into this silent void. If you pay a couple euros, you can explore the crypts…… replete with dead dudes and everything!I seek the Holy Grail!!!Now we know where Wormtail’s metallic hand ended up!’Finally, a monument to Bobby Portis!!Back up from the crypts, complete silence still reigns in this historic spaceHere’s the Piazza del Polopo as seen from the stairs of the CathedralNice shot of the place at night
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