Another Sunday lunch

The time is flying by and another Sunday has arrived for us to celebrate with a meal out. Having been to Castiglione del Lago once before and enjoyed it a lot for its atmosphere and shops, we decided to go there again for lunch.

Some of the businesses here have joined together in a consortium to provide typical food from the area for a reasonable price without robbing the tourists so we thought we would support that idea.

We found a fantastic little trattoria which reminded us of a taverna in Cyprus in its simplicity. The food was local to the area which we liked - and advertsied as being cooked by mamma - which we also liked. Steve had a tortellini with ham and cream sauce for his prima platte and I had a salad with mozzerella - his was equal to a four person serving from Sainsbury's in size but much better in quality. Then Steve had carp and I had perch - both caught in the lake that we have bathed in for the past few days. They were cooked beautifully and tasted delicious. The waitress even asked mamma how to prepare the fish for us so we have a good recipe - but no lake fish in Cyprus to try them out on. This lot was washed down by some local wine and a bottle of water to keep us hydrated in the heat - it is still 30c+.

As the menu was so good we just had to have a tiramisu each followed by a coffee. It was the best Sunday lunch of our trip so far and also the cheapest! and it was the most food and drink too!! Can't be bad eh?

Afterwards we had a stroll in the town and picked up another couple of bottles of red wine that we had enjoyed so much after the last visit to the town.

A drive back to the camp and a siesta and then a quiet evening sitting by the lake watching the sunset again and the wildlife - a family of otters swam past in the cool of the evening and water fowl went about their business. Tomorrow we set off for pastures new - this time we are heading off towards Rome!!