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Today was a day we spent mainly enjoying Berto’s farmhouse just northwest of Senigallia in the countryside. It’s in between two towns called Arcevia and Castiglioni. It was overcast and rainy, but I’ve included some beautiful pics from my visit last time in 2006 when I was there with Pam and her cousin, Donald. The property’s name is Fugiano and it is an old hunting lodge that has a small chapel attached. The grounds are lovely and eventual goals are to turn it into a vacation rental, but there is a lot of work to be done and options about how to renovate the space.
We went to an agriturismo nearby for a delicious lunch and then joined up with Berto’s friend, Fabiana, and also Rina and Marta again for a tasty seafood dinner.
OK, so here are photos. The photos of the house are from 2006. It rained the whole time, so I didn’t take any photos on this visit, but these photos are from September 2006 and you can see how beautiful the grounds are, the vistas and the building. When it gets renovated, it will be stunning. It’s already beautiful. When I daydream about escaping Seattle, I like to think my backup is moving to Italy to help Berto renovate. And then I remember how much we bicker.
Fugiano (from the bocce court)
The front portion is the lodge, to the right is the chapel and to the left is the carriage house.
The chapel
View out one of the windows
The view out one of the bedrooms - no this isn't a painting.
So in between the design sessions, we headed to lunch at Le Bettule – a local agriturismo that has great food. I remembered the pasta with the truffle cream sauce and it didn’t disappoint. FYI, here’s their website: Le Bettule
Homemade ravioli with a white truffle cream sauce and wild asparagus at Le Bettule.
Then we headed back to Senigallia to meet up with Berto’s friends – this time his friend Fabiana joined us for a fish dinner. It was very interesting in that we essentially had fish based appetizers, one plate of cold preparations and one of warm seafood preparations.
The cold appetizers - from upper right - salmon, tuna, squid, some sort of whitefish spread and squid again. All very tasty and unique.
The warm appetizer plate - from upper left - breaded swordfish, something I can't recall, a proscuitto stuffed fish and prawns.
I had a coffee semifreddo for dessert, others had pineapple or strawberry semifreddo and cake. It was an interesting conversation in that I didn’t speak Italian, and Fabiana didn’t speak English, but yet, when Berto said something cheeky in Italian, I could understand and give him a little punch, and ditto for Fabiana when he said something in English. A women’s intuition or something like that!
Dinner with friends is always more fun. (L-R) Marlene, Berto, Rina, Ernie, Marta and Fabiana.
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