Piediluco

In an effort to escape the Rome heat ( which I may have mentioned in the past...) we decided to go on an outing to Umbria. We went to visit Cascata delle Marmore, near Terni, which is the tallest man-made waterfall created by the Romans. This was fun, but much much better was Piediluco, which is the lake and town near by which we just sort of stumbled upon in an effort to find a nice place for lunch (always a must if you know anything about Mikael). We stopped in the small town and had a lovely lunch on the water. Then we walked along the boardwalk, took a boatride where Miki got to be the captain. Then we made the obligatory stop at the playground where Lili really loved the swings ( it's funny because Miki really did not like the swings until much later, but she really loves them and just giggles with excitement). Then we made a second obligatory stop at a 'gelateria'. For me, it does take some courage to be totally spontaneous with two children and the italian schedule (ie the water fall shuts down all afternoon, many restaurants and stores close all of August, and there is always some random local holiday we don't know about) But I have to admit, some of our best outings and meals here have been those that were totally unplanned and random- like this entire day.