After gathering up some delicious Umbrian salami, sausage, and cheese; three kinds of pizza, and a variety of stunning pastries, we went to my Cesarine's (Claudia) home for dinner. She literally killed the fatted calf (only in this case it was a pig) and we had homemade everything - sausage, salami, fig jam, sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil, chicken liver pate, polenta and red sauce with sausage, along with all our goodies. A variety of wines, acqua minerale, and Umbrian bread were proffered, and we talked long into the evening. The experience was just amazing and I feel I have new Italian friends. They were even kind enough to take me back to my hotel with a little care package of snacks - what an evening!! What a delightful family!!






















