Benvenuti Tour

The Air Force sponsored a tour of the region near the base, Fruili Venezia Guilia, on Friday. It was fun, very interesting, and free to do again if anyone wants to do it on a visit. As you can imagine, it included a trip to two different wineries and a typical Italian (large and two hours long) lunch. By the way, I think we have eaten pizza or pasta everyday since our arrival. They may have to roll me out of here in three years. Thank goodness for all of the running trails through the mountains. Here are some pictures* from the trip:



Wine from the first ancient winery we went to in Porcia. Six bottles for 24 Euro or $31. We found out that most of the bottle are at least this cheap!



Our first attempt at ordering coffee in Italy. Kwame ordered a cafe freddo. It was semi-cold, very strong, and sort of sweet. Kind of like a caramel macchiato in a shot.



City Hall in Pordenone, the capital of the region. We will actually be living in Pordenone so it was fun to get a tiny tour by locals. Our house is about a 10 minute walk from the City Hall. I actually think driving will take longer since parking is a disaster. The street that leads up to City Hall is full of fun shops. Plus, most of Italy is on sale in July so you can get some good deals.



Grape vines at the second winery of the day. You can find grapes and corn growing everywhere around here.



Kwame got a little excited about wine tasting here!

*If you are interested in more, let me know. The internet is extremely slow here and uploading pictures can be painful.