That’s it. I’ve decided I have to go to this cooking school in Italy. It’s a 16th century farmhouse run by an Italian family. Guests stay in the house and have hands on cooking lessons at lunch and dinner and eat what they prepare. The family grow their own organic produce and have an olive grove that they use to make their own olive oil. Oh, and they also have a wood-fired oven that they bake their bread in (!). Its practically Lauren wonderland. I will regret it forever if I don’t go. I’m booking tomorrow.
Oh my. Oh. I want to do this so much. AND WE’RE GOING TO THE UK / EUROPE IN TWELVE MONTHS! (Excuse the capital letters - excitement much). Our friends from the UK that got engaged back in October, on the same trip that we got engaged, have confirmed their wedding date will be April 7 2012. They’re coming out for our wedding so of course we’re returning the favour.
It’s going to be an expense twelve months, but we’re scrimping and saving - and seeing Italy (after my sister live in and around Florence for about two months) is something I want so much. And THIS! Food, cooking, rural landscapes, old stuff. I am going to do this.
(Thank you, Lauren of 3sages, for bringing this to my attention!)
