A Walk in the Woods
Last Sunday I went to a small town in the foot of the italian Alps called Civiasco, with my wife and my brother. Last week we saw a poster for an event that was going to happen there while going out for a walk, and it looked interesting. It was called "Colma D'Autunno", which in my understanding means "Peak of Autumn".
My wife and I always loved autumn, but the yellow and red leaves were not that common back in Brazil, so we never experienced the autumn aesthetic in real life. It was only an hour away from where we are so we figured it'd be cool.
As we arrived there, they were serving polenta with cheese and a sauce with donkey meat (!) called Tapelucco, which I'd never had before. The polenta and cheese were good as always, but I didn't enjoy the meat that much. Sadly, I forgot to take a pic of the plate, but the portion was very generous.
After lunch, we went for a guided tour around the woods, going up the mountain a bit. Even though it took a while (the "guided" part was mostly a biology class on plants), it was fun to walk around in that environment. It's the kind of woods we've always seen in movies but had never been to before.
One of the most common trees in these woods is the Castagno, or Chestnut tree. Which means the ground was full of chestnuts! We had a couple of them raw (which I only later learned you shouldn't eat raw...), and after the walk they started serving Castagnata (roasted chestnuts) for free for everyone. We had it with some Vin Brulé.
After the walk, we stayed for around 40min for a concert by a guy named Nick Hart, from the UK. He sang old English folksongs and it was a pretty cool experience!
