Moving Day

We decided we needed to go to Teramo in the northern part of Abruzzo. There are four provinces in Abruzzo and Teramo was the only one we hadn't yet visited. I found a cottage available for a short stay and we left Pescara province to go to the town of Villa Lempa in Teramo province. We went to the town of Teramo, walked about a bit and then saw a porchetta stand. Porchetta is a dish we have always wanted to try but had not encountered before. Porchetta is a small pig that is boned, stuffed with herbs, rolled and then baked over many hours which renders the fat and leaves a crispy skin on the outside. It's always sold on food trucks as a sandwich and the whole idea just sounded delicious. IT WAS! We got a sandwich (which always includes a bit of crispy skin) to share and sat on a park bench near by and had our lunch then walked a bit more before continuing on to our next stop.

Civitella from a distance

Unfortunately, the road out of town was totally blocked by some sort of bridge construction and we had to come up with a work around that took us through some nice countryside and windy roads up the mountain to the town of Civitella del Tronto, named one of Italy's 500 most beautiful towns. It WAS beautiful perched up on top of a hill. We walked the streets of the town (needed to walk off the porchetta) and enjoyed the views.

Civitella street

Then we made our way to our new home which turned out to be a very comfortable two bedroom cottage in a nice location. Not a bad place to spend our last couple of nights on the road.