The Mountain House

This past weekend, I went up with the Seppi's to their house in the mountains. In the past, families used to spend the entire summer in their mountain house because it was too hot in the valley to be comfortable. Now, however, most families just go up for a week or two at a time in the summer.

The house we stayed in has been in the Seppi family for over 100 years. It was built by the family several generations ago and continues to be used. It was a gorgeous wooden house, built in a traditional mountain village style. Everything up there looked incredibly picturesque.

Here's a picture of the village from the balcony of the house.

Just beyond the house, was a path leading into a forest. The forest looked exactly like something out of a fairy tale. On Sunday, we walked through the forest to a lake to lay out, relax and go for a swim. Everything was so clean, well kept and unlike anything I had seen before. This picture does not do the forest justice, but it was similar to that for the entire hike to the lake.

Here's a closer picture of the mountains from the earlier post. They were so beautiful, and close. It was only a 2-3 hour hike up one of them from the house we stayed in. Unfortunately, the weather didn't allow us to do so...it was raining the first day we were there.


The house had apricot trees growing around it and we were there just at the beginning of apricot season. A bowl of fresh apricots were picked and so delicious.

That's one thing I've noticed since being here. A lot of the products used in the kitchen come from the Seppi's region of Italy or someplace in Italy. Everything tastes so fresh and flavorful...the freshly grate parmesan, the fruity olive oil, the newly picked apricots, apples, and peaches...it's got me thinking this is the way we should all eat all the time.

Tomorrow morning I'm off to Rome!!!!