Last Days at Villa Lucia

Yesterday morning I got up at 8:30 like usual. I had a glazed croissant for breakfast. Right after breakfast, we had a cooking lesson. For the lesson, we made a breaded baked tuna filet. And for dessert after lunch, we put together a lemon sorbet. We used fresh lemons. The tuna was really delicious with the olive oil and garlic in the bread crumbs. It was also nice and tender. The lemon sorbet was my favorite part of the meal because it was very natural. After lunch, the group went wine tasting but my grandma and I stayed back. Instead, we went to the pool at a nearby villa owned by the same person who owns Villa Lucia. The weather was nice but the pool was rather cold. I only took one dip in the pool. Once I got out, I played Backgammon with Drew and Oliver who work at Villa Lucia. We went to dinner at a local restaurant that is right next door to the Villa. I had four cheese white pizza. The restaurant, instead of serving bread, served fried pizza crust.

This morning started the last day at the Villa. I started the day with my usual pastry breakfast. We got on a train and headed to Cinque Terre. The train, because of all of its stops took 2 hours. Once in the first city, we found the walking path and took it to the second city. Cinque Terre means five cities in the cliffs. From the second city, we took a train to the fourth city. We did this because the third city requires a very strenuous hike. In the fourth city, we ate lunch at a restaurant on the edge of the cliff. We could not see much because it foggy. For lunch I had a fish fry with different fried fish including squid, shrimp and sardines. It was a long train ride back. Back at the villa, we made a delicious Tira Misu after dinner. Dinner was Oso Bucco which is lamb shanks. For a "graduation" we got a very large cookbook and a certificate. My mom arrived very very late at night. It took her a long time to get here because of a missed flight. I can't wait for next week. We'll be travelling to many different cities.