Buon Ferragosto! Today is the big Italian summer holiday and
the town is packed with those who live here in the summer and people just
visiting for the day. It was windy, so the water must’ve been a little rough,
but the early morning clouds gave way without a single drop of rain. The only
way to describe today would be sunny.
Zia and I had the traditional Ferragosto meal of pasta with fresh
tomato gravy with polpette (meatballs) and salsiccia (sausage), and a pollo
alla spieda (rotisserie chicken). The holiday is the day of the rooster, so
many people eat chicken today.
Sadly, I woke up sicker than I was when I went to sleep last
night. I’ve been on a steady diet of Actifed and Flomax all day. For those of
you in the know of American prostate medicines, the Flomax over here is for an
entirely different area. Flomax here is an anti-inflammatory for when you have
nose to throat pain. It really does take the edge off. Actifed however is a
joke compared with our Sudafed. 