May 19, 2010

A Dinner Among Friends

Locanda Rosati, near Orvieto

By Lisa T. Bergren

Our arrival into Rome is less than auspicious. Everything takes longer than expected or proves impossible; the rental car, the Friday night traffic, the phone with international access, the directions to the inn, the GPS.  By the time we roll up in front of Locanda Rosati, we are stressed, bickering and exhausted. Continue reading

Dec 3, 2009

Romantic Italian Getaway, Pt. 1

Orvieto and Terre di Nano

By Lisa T. Bergren

Day 1: Umbria (near Orvieto)—Friday eve

Giampiero, our host at the Locanda Rosati, welcomes us to a cellar table of twenty-some people, already well into their third course of the meal. He rises, shakes our hand, touches our shoulder and says with a smile, “I about to call the polizia,” meaning he was vaguely worried about our late arrival. Continue reading