Spello, Bevagna, Montefalco

Oct 7
Today we went to Spello, possibly the most gorgeous town EVER!! It is a small hill town similar to a million other small hill towns but every inch of it was picturesque. We probably walked the entire town. Stopped in a shop that made all kinds of things of olive wood and bought a few things that we couldn't live without. I discovered that my fall of the day before made it painful to walk DOWN slopes (up is fine but hard to find up that doesn't eventually require down.) There were tons of really appealing restaurants in Spello but it was too early for lunch so we went on to Bevagna, another small and charming hill town but one that didn't hold a candle to Spello. Found a nice restaurant and had yet another yummy lunch with good local wine. While we were at lunch the skies opened up and there was a terrific thunderstorm with a deluge of rain that convinced us that walking around sightseeing would not be fun so we came back home, stopping in Deruta to increase the number of pasta bowls in my order of a few days before.
Oct 8
Today we went to Montefalco, another charming hill town. The town is famous for linens but we (I) managed to resist and didn't buy anything. Wandered around a bit seeing the sights of the town but I was pretty disabled by not being able to walk DOWN slopes which limited our sightseeing. Drove a scenic route through numerous small towns, including one named Bastardo. Stopped for lunch at a no name place between a couple of towns and I had fagiano. I really have no idea what it was except that it was very roughly translated as some kind of bird that lives in the forest, "like a chicken." It was pretty good, certainly different, and had a sauce made of chicken liver pate which I actually like but probably wouldn't appeal to everyone. More good wine went with the lunch. Did some random exploring of tiny towns totally off the grid then back home.