Mom's Visit, Part 2

Continuing with my mom's visit: Tuesday we got up early and took the train into Rome. We had a 4 hour private tour guide for the Vatican. This was a great experience! You can walk around by yourself, but with a guide you really got to learn so much more about the art, architecture and history of the Vatican. We were exhausted by the end, but had so much fun!

Lunch before the Vatican tour

Wednesday my mom and I had a cooking lesson with Chef Lorenzo of Ristorante Zeppelin, in Orvieto. We started at 9am with coffee and pastries while deciding the lunch menu. We made focaccia, ciabatta, pizza, tagliolini with white ragu, eggplant and zucchini parmigiana and gelato with pine nuts. We learned a lot and got to enjoy our hard work by eating it for lunch (and taking home the leftovers). It was all delicious!!! Next time I go to Boston we have to try some of these recipes again!

Our menu

My mom kneading the dough

Chef Lorenzo topping the pizza with radicchio, cheese and raisins

Focaccia with fresh herbs and zucchini pizza

Rolls with dates

Learning to make pasta

Rolling the pasta

Cutting it into tagliolini

White ragu sauce simmering

Chef Lorenzo finishing the parmigiana

mine were not as pretty as his

Finished parmigiana

Chef Lorenzo cutting the pizza

Our antipasto course with assortment of breads and pizzas

Tagliolini with white ragu

Parmigiana

Gelato

Receiving our certificates and recipe books

Thursday we went to the Marmore waterfalls in Terni, less then an hour from Orvieto. This is the tallest waterfall in Europe and is turned on and off several times a day. They use the waterfalls for supplying power to the surrounding towns. There were paths all around it so you could walk up to different levels. It was beautiful and refreshing on a hot July day.

Me, my mom and David in front of the falls

the falls on full blast

The falls being turned off