Richard S. Snyder

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2015 Italy - Taste of Northern Italy

We signed up for a UT Flying Longhorns trip to an agriturismo in northern Italy presented by Orbridge starting June 13, 2015 with an extension to Venice. We flew in early on June 4th via United (great service, by the way) to Venice, staying the arrival night (a late afternoon arrival) in the outlying area of Venice at the Titian Hotel. The next morning we took a train from Venice to Verona and rented a car for the rest of the “on our own” portion of the trip. Rental in Verona was chosen because that’s where we would meet the UT group.

After negotiating Italy own our own for 9 days, it was great to turn the reins over to the tour group and Chiara (KEY-ara) our wonderful guide for this taste of northern Italy. It was really a dining and drinking taste of the area as there were many wine tasting events, both at meals and at wineries. It was a small group, six couples, David and Sue, Lucy and Jim, Carol and Brant, Rena and Roger, Barbara and Roy, and ourselves. Three couples were a day late (thanks, United!) and missed the first day which was Verona. The trip was characterized by the great group, long leisurely evening meals of three hours with great wines at the agriturismo’s restaurant, remarkable Italian food, and the great selection of events by Chiara. Well done!
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Tower of San Martino della Battaglia; the ossuary
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Tower of San Martino della Battaglia; the ossuary

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  • Tower of San Martino della Battaglia; the ossuary
  • Borgo San Donino, back at the agriturismo, the sun sets on the courtyard outside the rooms
  • Borgo San Donino, Roy and Barbara's friends from New York surprized them - it was their 50th anniversery
  • Selva Capuzza; dinner and the storyteller Fabio who told the tale of the battle of San Martino in verse and song
  • Selva Capuzza; lots of wine, dessert was the product of our own hands - crumble cake and chocolate salami with a bit of Grappa to finish it off
  • Selva Capuzza; 50th anniversary cake for Roy and Barbara
  • Selva Capuzza; Roy takes a photo
  • DAY 8: from the looks of things, there will be pasta-making here
  • Borgo San Donino; the breakfast room at the apartments was set up after breakfast for pasta making
  • Borgo San Doninio; Marina is ready to cook
  • Borgo San Doninio; Petra, Marina's assistant for the day, gets things ready
  • Borgo San Doninio; Rena and her flour volcano and egg
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