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Cottonwood Tree and Barn Where our Bicycles Are Stored in Italy
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Cottonwood tree on the farm in Italy
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Giorgia and Alex's Playground 'Round the Old Olive Tree
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Little Giorgia enjoying her swing at the farm in Italy
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On a busy Sunday afternoon Katia's entire family is helping out at the gelateria, including her husband Alberto who is in the back laboratory cranking out more gelato!
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Part of our arrival ritual includes visiting all the relatives including cousin Katia who owns a "gelateria." We visit Katia's gelateria on our Culinary Cycling Circus.
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In this part of Italy (Emilia Romagna) every town has retired gentlemen with their bikes just "hanging out" in the town square waiting for the time to go home for lunch! Here we are in Meldola.
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That's Keenan Reed, from Fort Collins, CO and our daughter Maria Elena Malpezzi Price in the square in Meldola on our ride today.
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Some of us went out for a ride today and stopped in the village of Teodorano near Meldola. We found this 92-year old gentleman with his niece and some friends on the square enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon.
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The wheat is thigh-high and healthy. The local farmers coop will schedule the combine to harvest in mid to late June when it turns golden.
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Our warehouse and headquarters sit in the middle of the farm where five nuclear families reside from our extended family. It is like a hamlet, though we lack a church and cafe!
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Ivo with a bucket of peas harvested this evening. Some of our seven rows of trebbiano grapes can be seen in the background. Ivo prunes them in winter, harvests grapes in the fall, and makes wine for use on the farm.
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Paola's cousin Ivo lives on the farm and is shown here picking fresh peas. Ivo plants our garden and is the farm horticulturalist. He is ready to take out the remaining 200 apple trees on our plot of ground as they don't pay and are too much trouble.
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A van full of bicycles is ready to depart for a tour in Provence, France; I've been here for three days and have seen vans leave for tours in Turkey, Greece and France
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Our European Headquarters has resident farmers and gardners who help us plant a garden and care for the apples (to the left) and the other fruit trees which include apricots, plums, and cherries
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"The Farm" as we call it, sits in the midst of about 12 hectare (about 25 acres) of vineyards, peach orchards and field crops
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ExperiencePlus! Headquarters in Italy
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Paola serving spaghetti to staff at the farm - join us, won't you!