A Day Out in Spello

 

Buon giorno,

With the hot water situation sorted, I am free to take day trips. I wanted to start smallish because the other destinations I have in mind are Projects. Spello is close and compact. Sounded good.

I had a pleasant time and returned home via the porchetta stand. It was crowded, but the meat guy is efficient. Plenty of locals frequent the place. In fact one woman was urging a young American man and me to "try the vegetarian option." LOL no. I'm here for the meats. The young man got a panini that sounded really tasty to me, so maybe I'll have that next time.  This time I knew to ask for un canario, which is what I had last time and what I'm tucking into right now. Sooooo Goooood!!!!

One reason I needed to start small is that I had to figure out the public transportation. There are busses, but the best way to get to the train station is the minimetro, which are small, driverless, cars that run on rails. I bought a ten ride ticket from the machine,  One puts the ticket in a slot so the gate will open, and then one waits for the next container. It's fun to ride.

At the proper stop, it's short walk to the station. I have to say I'm glad I did not try this when I arrived, the cars are very cool, but there are stairs involved.

I got my day return ticket from the machine, carefully validated it, and just missed the train, but another one came along, and I was launched. Parts of the journey were very scenic. For example there were a lot of olives groves recognizable by the silvery leaves on well pruned trees.

I'd never heard of Spello before, but from what the internet told me it was a good destination--and so it proved.  The historic center,  or storico centrale as we Italians say, is a fair step from the station and up hill. I would not visit in wet weather. the streets are very narrow and have rough and slippery-looking footing.

It's a very pretty, neat looking town and was largely empty of tourists. I had a nice time strolling around.

I made my way back to the station and caught the next train home, but I was naughty and forgot to validate my ticket. Uh oh. But I got away with it because no one checked. I just need not to do that again. I gained confidence for the next bigger day trips, but it won't be tomorrow because I have some things to do in town.

Ciao for now