Today we took a water taxi to Isola Maggiore, an island in Lago Trasimeno. Once on the island we visited the lace museum and the captain's house, which had an incredible wood carving of Christ, which Bryant and I remembered from three years ago. Then it was on to Porto, where we had an organic, nearly vegetarian lunch at a small B and B run by our host's cousin twice removed who is a chef. Needless to say, it was delicious and very different from what we've been served before on this tour. He also raises saffron, and some women from a nearby town displayed several items dyed with saffron. Much of our lunch was flavoured or decorated with saffron. You can see a sample of a viscose scarf below.
The arched piazza is in the hill town of Panicale, where two of our group visited another lace museum and we all visited a church. At the end of the day we stopped at a local winery and Bryant was serenaded by a Portuguese woman who works there in honour of his birthday. As you can see, he was pleased!
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