"We go to the SEEEuh"

On Friday, Mario, Jessica, and I went on a day trip to the coast of Liguria to get fresh fish from the fishermen and relax on the Mediterannean beaches. This sounds very ideal and all, but the trip itself turned out to be a bit more of a disaster... Long, twisting, nauseating roads wound through the hills; Mario got seperated from Jessica and I due to a miscommunication problem and he was so mad that he didn't talk to us until we were driving home again; and it was cloudy and the beaches were really rocky and crowded. Still, it was definately a cool experience. I appreciate the being here in Piedmonte so much more, although the drive through the Ligurian mountains to the "SEEEuh" (as Mario calls it) was absolutely breathtaking. Here are a few photos from the trip.



(this is while driving through the ligurian mountains)

Unfortunately, I didn't end up taking pictures of the fish (I would have risked my cool, blending-in-with-the-Italians coverup) but oh well. We bought a flounder-like fish called St. Peter's fish or something like that, some merlin, and lots of little anchovies. We cooked the little fish by gutting them, lightly rolling them in flour, cooking them briefly in hot corn oil, and then eating them hot (with our fingers) with squeezes of fresh lemon juice. Yum! The other fish were cooked with roasted potato slices, olive oil, salt, and I think rosemary. We celebrated our "catch" at home by inviting many of Mario and Isa's friends over and throwing a huge feast. It was SO much fun, and let's just say that many many bottles of wine were involved.



This is just a random picture I took while at pasture this morning.