Weekend in the Country

Fabri tries to convince me (and himself) that he's not a country person and we're not living in the country, but then there comes a weekend like this one. First of all, the roads around here are often clogged with tractors, and I've seen a big farm tractor parked out in front of someone's house in Savigliano! Country people.

Saturday we spent the entire afternoon & evening at Fabri's parents' country house in Ruffia. There's a link to the website with a lot of photos on the right side. They turned the house into a bed and breakfast called La Ruffianella. They were hosting a party for Fabri's cousin's wife, Sylvia. She wrote a book and this was a party presenting it. It was a pretty full house of mostly family and friends of Sylvia. We brought the puppy who behaved very well despite all the strange people. We hung out all night and eventually had pasta with Maria Pia, Antonio, Gaetano & Detta.

Cows - No Panning from Jessica Goldstein on Vimeo.

When we got home around 11 or so the field next to our house was full of cows! The cows come to Saluzzo and spend the night next to our house before they march through the town and up to the Alps for the summer. Then they do it again on the way back. So we spent the night next to a field full of cows! There was one little catch though, they were all wearing HUGE alpine cowbells. So the bells were ringing very loudly all night. It was crazy. Make sure to watch these videos with your sound up so you can hear how loud the bells are! We slept ok though, and the next morning we took Olney out and walked around to see the cows. For a smelly farm pup, he was pretty unsure about all the cows. Check out the cow pics at my Picasa album (link to the right).



After that we took Olney to Savigliano where they were having a fair/event. There were a lot of booths set up around the historical center with flowers, herbs, spices, and local food. We bought cookies, salami & some veggie plants. Olney was just about perfect and let a VERY little boy pet him with out a problem. Then we had aperitivo with Pac and his father and Olney just slept underneath our chairs. Afterwards we went to La Ruffianella for lunch with Giovanna, Maria Pia & Antonio. We had yummy grilled eggplant & peppers and then hung out outside for a bit. Fabri, Olney & I all took a little nap together. So sweet. Then other family & friends started arriving and we hung out, planted sweet corn, and then made pizza for dinner in the outside pizza oven.

The weekend was great because Fabri and I spent the whole time together and almost the entire time with Olney as well (except for one brief errand where we bought the puppy a bed). Now it's all back to work...can't wait until next weekend!