Our visit today centered on Citta de Castello's street market and the Tela Umbria textile museum. We ate lunch of porchetta sandwiches in a city park, then went to a potter's house where she did a short demonstration of her technique. She (Simone) has a beautiful courtyard garden hidden from the street where we relaxed and chatted. Then it was on to the boondocks to visit a woodworker, Mr. Bucci, who is a former chemical technician now artist, woodworker, furniture maker. The tour groups have never visited him before, so Linda and all of us were in awe of the volume of work he has done. We were invited into his home, where his wife served us champagne, coffee, and cake. Their home was filled with his art, and he has made all their furniture. Bryant bought a wooden book cover from him, and I'd gotten a cream/sugar set from Simone.
We then went to a more rustic pottery shop, then a honey/wax producer to learn about apiaries, and home for a quick supper of hamburgers, sausage, pesto pasta, fava beans, beer, cheese, bread, and salami. At 8:50 Noemi came with us to a free concert in a frescoed church in Umbertide which has been converted to a community Arts venue. The concert was by an oboist and pianist, both professionals. It was excellent, and included Schumann as well as Ira Gershwin. We strolled around the Umbertide piazza, had a gelato, and headed home. A busy day!
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