Weekend Recap

• A long weekend in Milan! Left friday morning and was home just in time for lunch, prepared by mother in law. Yam!
  
  
• Helped L choose my Christmas present :) Normally I like surprises but this wasn't planned so I just have to fake a surprise while opening it on Christmas day.
  
  
• Lots of family time - our nephew has new two teeth now and can walk with a little help from us! It's a shame we're missing out on so much of his life and growing up. He's a very willing model though and my sister in law had asked me to take some Christmas themed photos of him. And they turned out really well :)
  
  
• Got a taste of my favourite italian savours : Pizzoccheri, Pandoro, Stracchino, homemade gnocchi, olive ascolane etc.
  
  
• On the way home we stopped in a tiny village for lunch. The great thing about Italy is that you're almost always lucky in the choice of a resturant or a trattoria - all you need to do is exit the motorway and find the nearest village. We stopped close to Ovada - searched the GPS for the nearest trattoria and we ended up in a hilltop village with great views of the snowy hills around. We had fresh ravioli with a sauce made from meatroast juices and tagliatelle with eschalot sauce. Divine! I'm mean, it was jsut about the best ravioli I've ever had in my life. As a main dish we had rolled rabitt roast and duck in honey and tabasco. Needless to say that I fell asleep shortly after in the car while Lorenzo took me safely back home.
  
  
• The cat was offended that we had left her at home but couldn't help herself and purr'ed once we had got comfy on the sofa.