Nina's Day

It was a difficult day for Nina (the donkey) today. Farentino came over to the farm to make love to Nina. For those that read my earlier email, you know that Farentino is not Nina’s type of man. She didn’t want anything to do with him. Sad but he had his way with her in the end. They will know in three months whether Nina is going to have a baby.

We spent most of the morning gardening again. My hands are raw and have blisters and thorns in them. I am really done with gardening. It is not easy with the soil of Abruzzo, which is like clay. The farm has all kinds of plants with thorns and pickers. We have been digging them out. After this morning I decided to take tomorrow as my day off. mu body is so tired and I need a break; yes, I am whining.

In the afternoon we made meatballs. Paula’s meatballs are very different from mine. She uses 4X the amount of bread, parmesan, and eggs. She also uses olive oil, parsley, garlic, and ground beef like I do. It is just the proportion of all the ingredients that is very different.

Dinner consisted of minestrone soup and meatballs and salad and bread and wine and panna cadda desert. I don’t think I have ever eaten so much food in my life. It was definitely the best minestrone soup I have had. I made the panna cadda so I thought that was good also.

We have guests staying at the Agriturisimo from Toronto, Canada. It is great talking with people in English, since I mostly just listen to other people’s conversations in Italian. The people start arriving on Saturday through Tuesday for the Easter Holiday.

I am looking forward to talking with my family tomorrow, when I am in Pescara.

Ciao for now