yesterday after the Underground Orvieto Tour, we went to eat at the restaurant next door to our convent.  It was voted #1 on Trip Advisor.  And it really is a great restaurant.  Al Pozzo Etrusco….the Etruscan Well.  Andy had a mixed appetizer with meats, cheese, olives, bruschetta and melon.  I had pasta with a pork ragu.  jane had a pasta with fresh truffles and Rhoades had a beautifully cooked filet of beef with fava bean purée.  We can’t wait to go to this place again!  

After lunch, we returned back to our room and I found messages from the Cooking Class lady asking where we were!  I had written the wrong date on my calendar and we missed the cooking class.  I was mortified to think of the preparation this lady had gone thru for our class, plus ruining the experience for the four of us.  The lady was gracious enough to not charge us for the missed class, which she certainly could have done.  Wouldn’t even charge me for the food she bought and car she had sent to pick us up.  So, today, Andy and I are going to send her a gift for another apology and a thank you for her kindness.  Maybe she will give us another chance if we get back to Orvieto for another visit.  

We took a long walk to the edge of town…thru a part of the town I had not been to before.  Very steep down and very steep back up.  We decided to go to the #3 recommended restaurant and their website said they were open…so off we went.  The website LIED!  They don’t open til 8pm….just about bedtime for us!  So we went to #2 in town….Trattoria del Moro Aronne.  That was wonderful, too.  Our server didn’t know any English except to explain what each dish was.  Andy got Caprese salad, Jane got prosciutto and melon, Rhoades got a steak with balsamic vinegar reduction sauce and I got pasta with chingiale…wild boar ragu.  My favorite.  Now before you scrunch up your face and say ‘ewwww’ over the wild boar…It’s Just Pork!  With a bit more flavor….lots more flavor to be exact.  It started thundering and raining  while we were there and the lights went out for about a minute.  Rhoades has an app on his phone of a Zippo Lighter…and he turned it on.  We got a good laugh out of that.  Rain stopped before we left, so back to the convent and to bed.