In Montone, partway down the hill at the back entry gate, is L'Mugnaio, the town's bakery and pizza place.
Every day I walked down there for lunch. It's a dream for a traveler on a shoestring budget. Unlike some of the four and five star restaurants up the town square, L'Mugnaio can serve you an inexpensive lunch. A slice of pizza, customized to your liking...1 euro...a delicious handmade pastry...1 euro....a glass of great Italian wine...1 euro. Three euros for lunch...unless you make the mistake I made...and order Pepsi. Evidently American soft drinks are just rare enough in Montone to cost 5 euros, in a glass, with just a little ice. Live and learn. But sometimes you just gotta have a Pepsi. The other hang-out for the locals is the Aries Bar, on the piazza. I hit the Aries every morning for breakfast pastries and "grande cafe' Americano" much to the amusement of the locals who think I'm chugging a huge mug of espresso. The Aries is also the go-to place for afternoon gelato, evening pizza, if Michaele is in the mood, and evening drinks. (Oh my God...the "Spritz") Back to my painting....As I walk down the steep path to the bakery, I pass this high wall of apartments with an ancient facade and remnants of very old murals still visible if the sun is just right. Some days, all the windows are open and the Italian women are hanging out, sharing the local news, and keeping an eye on the going's on. On wash day, that venerable old wall comes alive with colorful laundry hanging from retractable lines. Such was the view on this day. Mostly bedding with a few errant shirts and towels. All the more personal items are modestly hung on racks inside the house. Here's my painting of Wash Day in Montone, Italy.
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