Just in Time for an Aperitivo: a series of love letters to Italy. Today, Mantova: home to Cinzano, Rigoletto and the bloodthirsty Gonzaga family.
From time to time, Bill has been writing a series of essays called Just in Time for an Aperitivo, a new and unique way of looking at the smaller historic towns that make up the true Italy. If you become a Watermill Friend, you will get an exclusive preview of these essays in this podcast. We hope you enjoy them.
The idea is this: four friends with different passions and expertise arrive Just in Time for an Aperitivo. They enjoy the evening passeggiata, an aperitivo, a dinner sampling local specialities, then a good night’s sleep in a hotel/pensione, awaking refreshed to see the cultural and scenic attractions of the town and the local area. They talk about their own enthusiasms and expertise, with amusing and insightful anecdotes about people and places, music, history, art and architecture, language, culture, food -- everything that contributes to la bella vita italiana. This is not a traditional guidebook, but a series of love letters to Italy.
Bill suffers from Parkinsonism and so the essays are read by his wife, Lois.
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