Medieval Village

Last weekend we went to visit a medieval village near Piacenza. It was very cute and I think that the highlight was posing for a picture on the extra long bicycle. We had to work very hard to convince the rest of our group to get up on the bike. In the front is Heli, followed by Giacamo, then me, Alex, and Little Pierre.

The bike was grouped with a whole bunch of old farm equipment, including an old fashioned grape press. At the acetaia we use the modern “soft press” which I assume is more efficient.

The city was really beautiful. All the buildings are old stone and painted with murals. The castle was built in the thirteenth century and is surrounded by a beautiful forest. We could almost imagine that we were back in the middle ages-except for the souvenir shops. My favorite houses had hearts in the shutters, and beautiful red geraniums spilling out of the windowsills.


After wandering around the village we stopped and had roasted chestnuts before heading home. The air was beginning to cool off in that lovely fall way and we had the toasty chestnuts to keep us warm!