this dinner; another way to enjoy the trip

(taken with nikon f on kodachrome64, the same other 3 below.)

hi.
yesterday's post induces me to write something about the food affair i had in italy on another day.
i'm utterly in the mood of reminiscing, yearning and daydreaming of italy!!

yesterday i talked about an amazing ristorante i visited in florence, and today i want to introduce another pleasure of the food affair in matera.
matera is the famous cavernous city in south italy. (it's situated in basilicata region.)
my husband and i stayed two nights there at the very beginning of the trip in last may.
i think i'm very good at searching for nice and affordable hotels, and the hotel we stayed in matera was the another proof to tell how much i'm such.

hanging around the town with favorite cameras with keeping my eyes on restaurants for the night is fun.
or otherwise, being tired away from the hotel with some bulky plastic bags of wine bottles, packages of fresh veggies and fruits, some kinds of wedges of cheese and an artisan bread for the dinner party planned to be held at the balcony of the hotel is fun, too!

here's one example we had in matera.
we bought 3 pieces of different kinds of focaccias and a bag of taralli (famous southern italian ring-shaped crackers, i love these soooo much!) from a local bakery, two plastic bowls of salad, a package of cherry tomatoes and olives and two bottles of local wine from a grocery store.

dinner was ready at the balcony in front of the room.
though the weather was cloudy and mildly windy, and the temperature was a bit cold, i wanted to stay there as long as possible because of this panoramic view!

as our dinner party began rather early in the evening, i'm not sure if i stayed outside till this dark.
i wished if this had happened in the early summer and imagined of the smell and warmth of the air the summer would bring.

with this calm and serene surrounding, the night fell upon us.
we spent our time sipping the rest of wine, taking pictures and feeling that we are amidst of the vacation.
doesn't it sound pretty?

so, this dinner, which we often have in our trips, must be another way to enjoy the trip!