Sophia's 3rd birthday kid party
During the Summer here in Battaglia and Casaletto, there not only is live music at the courtyard
in the center of Casaletto but there seems to be a birthday party for someone (mostly children) almost
every night. Well tonight is Sophia's turn to have her birthday party. Everyone from her school and
their mom is invited. No men. Sophia started kindergarden last year. She had just turned 2. They
don't call it pre-school like we do. It's just kindergarden. And it's ok if you're still in diapers. This
will be Miriam's first party that she is giving for one of her own children. She seems calm. I don't
know how. She has no idea how many are coming. As many as 50 could show up. So she made 2 pans
of lasagna and prosciutto and cheese panini. I made, at her request, sausage and cheese muffins,
nutella cupcakes and chocolate zucchini hazelnut brownies. Plus she made a tiramisu and one of
the moms made an elaborately decorated cake. And I'll make a tomato, cucumber, zucchini and
pesto salad. Still trying to find ways to use zucchini. And I made my most successful recipe for plum
cake. I made one yesterday for today but everyone ate it so I had to make another.
I think we'll have a good turnout because everyone seems very curious about this place where I live
and the people who own it. It is the most elaborate and largest structure between the two towns.
Battaglia and Casaletto are almost considered one town even though they are separated by a valley.
They share the same schools and the same Mayor and I think other things like police and fire dept.
Casaletto has approx. 300 residents where Battaglia has only 80. The last and only pizza house in
Casaletto just closed a few weeks ago. I don't know how any business sustains itself. I went into a
store with Miriam today that was very, very small and sold everything from paint to cupcake paper
liners. Which is why we went in to begin with. But we were the only ones in there and it's located on
a street above the town square that is so narrow, unless you know exactly what is up there, you'd never
even know it's a street.
Starting tomorrow night and going for 4 nights is a festival on the side of the road between here and
Casaletto right across the street from the water fountain where the water pours out of the hillside and
anyone can fill their water bottles. It is supposed to be excellent quality water and it never stops running.
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