Fall in Italy is my absolute favorite. Especially the area where we live because it's so close to the mountains. I love when I can see the trees on the mountains changing to fall colors. Living where there is a real fall has been such a blessing. This Arizona girl loves it in case you couldn't tell ;) I'm so thankful we're moving somewhere that will also have beautiful fall scenery.
One thing I have loved about Italy are all the town festivals. You can always find something to do on the weekend because a nearby town will be having a festival celebrating something. This past weekend in Venzone, a town about an hour away, there was a PUMPKIN festival. Basically my dream festival. Literally pumpkin everything. Tons of booths selling pastries of every kind, breads, pizza, pasta, sandwiches, beer...you get the idea. I like that here in Italy they put a savory twist on food with pumpkin vs the typical pumpkin spice everything like in the states...although I'm all for that also :) Venzone is such a cool town and has the most breathtaking views of the mountains. You really feel engulfed in them and it makes the air extra chilly! Perfect weather for all the walking we had to do.
It's so bittersweet that we are getting ready to move from Italy now that Noah is getting bigger and loving the places we go to see. He had so much fun at this festival. It brings me so much joy when we go do things as a family but especially making memories here. He got his face painted for the first time and it was seriously the cutest thing. He held still the whole time much to my surprise! He of course, chose the dinosaur and was "RAWRING" the rest of the day. He ate the "peeba" aka pizza and loved the pumpkin donut we got him. He's not a shy boy and makes friends with the Italian kids which is so fun to watch. The language barrier makes no difference. He was obsessed with one of their wooden horses so we were on the hunt to find him a horsie of his own. There was also lots of amor, swords, bows and arrows, costumes and anything else you can think of that has BOY written all over it. If Noah was a little bit older I'm sure he would have been begging for it all, but I am happy out of everything he just wanted the horse. lol. We all loved watching the parade. Everyone was dressed in medieval costumes. The kids playing the drums was probably my favorite! So adorable.
And then there was Siena, sleeping through it all. She is not a fan of her carseat so Robbie wore her the entire time so I could take pictures. Is there anything better than a baby wearing daddy??
I am SO glad we went to this festival. I am soaking up this last season we get to spend here in Italy. I hope you all had an equally as fun weekend!!
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