In June, we celebrated our 20th anniversary early with a part work/mostly fun trip to Turin and Milan, Italy. It was gorgeous weather and we saw so many beautiful things and had fun just being together.
Sunday drive and walk around the shores of Lake Maggiore near Turin.
One of the best parts of our trip was sharing it with our LONG time friends, Chris and Helen Zollinger. We rented a great apartment in Turin for a few days, then they headed to France and Rob and I took the train up to Milan for our final days. One perfect day, we all drove out to the country and took a cooking class from a chef at Cascina Bella Vista. Our menu was: stuffed zucchini blossoms, Sformatino with parmesan cream, roasted peppers with bagna cauda, gnocchi with pesto, and panna cotta with wild berry compote. Much of the produce was grown and picked (by us!) right in the chef's garden. I (Flori) was in absolute heaven the whole day!! We cooked all day and then enjoyed the fruits of our labors outside in a lovely arbor.
View from the top of Basilica Superga (Turin)
View of the Italian Alps from Lake Maggiore
Can you tell we're food tourists? Gelato every day and beautiful food for every meal. I loved the salad mix with fresh flowers in it and the amazing market stalls piled high with enormous tomatoes, fresh herbs, and huge vats of olives in every color!
