I am not running the Fiumicino Half Marathon which starts on November, 11st. Although I planned to run that race I couldn't follow a training schedule: since the second week of October I've been busy for job and family issues and now, as a consequence, I am not adequately trained for a 21 km race. I'll probably try to run a 10km Christmas race in December which will be held here in my town.
Yesterday I had a nice trip in Tuscany where we visited old villages. From November, 2nd, the Chestnut Festival has been held in Piancastagnaio and, along its old streets, visitors have had chestnuts and glasses of warm red wine, cooked with cinnamon, orange, apples and cloves. The first photo shows one of the big pots where chestnuts are cooked.
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| An old square in the historical area |
We visited also Abbadia San Salvatore, which is another small village situated in South Tuscany. There are beautiful old streets, medieval buildings and particular shops. In one of those shops all kind of pumpkins are sold, as you can see in the photo below. Maybe those pumpkins hit the shelves because of Halloween holiday.
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Different kinds of pumpkins
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That's a picture of my wife with a small bat on her head. She wore it with my daughters on October, 31st and it was just a joke :) Although we don't celebrate Halloween here in Italy, a lot of shopkeepers sell some items related to that great U.S. holiday and it seems that children enjoy the event.
While I was walking along those Tuscanian old streets I observed a beautiful sacred image located between two windows.
And what about supper in Tuscany? It was soup of mushrooms! Really delicious!
Happy weekend to all my blogger friends!
I've just heard the official weather information source and I'm afraid I can't run this afternoon because of downpours. This morning the town is on its knees: roads closed and bridges under water. Lacking light in two neighborhoods and a lot of children haven't gone to school.
