It is one of those moments when you want to pinch yourself. The other day when our landlord was here he asked us if we like paella and of course we said yes, so he sent us an invite to dinner.
Tonight was said dinner. What a great night. He picked us up with a man called Scott who is from Alabama who I think secretly was our interpreter for the evening.
We drove to some other part of town to help jump start his wife's car only to find that it started first go. So off we went, it was about 30 minutes or so out of town. It was a real trattoria but they were doing Spanish food. Wow the food and the company were great. There were approximately 12 of us. There was some people that spoke English but most spoke italian.
The food was awesome, I even had food I would not normally eat but loved it. Prima plate was tuscan beans with little mini clams (vongola). I have never tried these before but wow, fantastic. Second plate was seafood paella it was great. The company was great and it was interesting to see a group of Italians together and to be included. It was a rare honour and we were very grateful for the invite. We spoke some italian and some English and some more italian. We have learnt that an italian who can speak English wants to practice as much as we do.
Well I have more to say but I have run out of time. This was a really special evening for us both and it was a real genuine italian local experience and one we will remember until we get Alzheimer's.
Lorenzo era molto gentile di parti tua.
Love Monique, Brett, Marty, Kiwi and Hooter
Location:Near Florence
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