A whole swordfish head

Day 19.

I overslept by twenty five minutes today which meant I had a bit of a rush to get out of the house on time. When I arrived at work O set about regulating reed gaps again, which I had a go at last work.
At 11am Mum and Dad arrived at the shop and I went with them to Stradella Market, along with Claudio, to buy fresh fish for Wednesday's fish pie.  The array of fresh fish was stunning and a whole swordfish head on the stall topped it all off. After buying cod, halibut and salmon we went back to the shop - Claudio drove, demonstrating how Italians drive! Claudio had a customer waiting at the shop and he asked me to demonstrate an accordion.
Mum, Dad and I then dropped the fish off back at mine before we drove into Stradella. We had a look around the rest of the market, which by now was closing, before going to a supermarket. We had lunch - drinks and light aperitivi in a cafe before getting ice cream again! I had to speak Italian in the market, the cafe and the gelateria, and Mum kept saying how impressed she was with my Italian!
Back at the apartment, Mum fell asleep, Dad read and I tinkled on the accordion. 2 hours later we left the house again, this time heading back to their accommodation, via the workshop and a bigger supermarket. On the way to their accommodation in the hills we stopped off at a cemetery to admire the view from one of the lower hills before heading up, stopping at a little village further up as well. Eventually we reached their agriturismo in Moriano, where Dad took a nap while Mum and I went for a walk. We photographed the stunning views from several vantage points. On our trip we heard a wonderfully musical church bell and heard, and saw, a cuckoo. After delaying our departure we headed back to Stradella, stopping several times to take photos of the sunset. In Stradella we went to the restaurant within Hotel Italia, where we conversed with the waiters in Italian and English, although I spoke the Italian, not my parents! Our first course was antipasti - salami, pancetta with honey, chicken & balsamic vinegar salad, sweet baby onions and potato cakes with a cheese sauce. Our main course was meat ravioli with a meat sauce (Dad & I) and spinach & cheese tortilla for Mum. Our pudding was described to us as "cooked cream with brown sugar." It turned out to be pannacotta with caramel sauce. All the food was excellent, as it was last week, and we were given a cut price because the head waiter knows Claudio and knows I work for him. I finished th day by speaking to Stephanie on FaceTime!

After a long and busy day, I'm ready for bed now.

Ci vediamo domani x