Making Pasta

While in Gragnano, we toured the Gentile pasta factory. It's tiny! The building has been used as a pasta making area for centuries. It was gutted and renovated about twenty years ago. Cute on the outside, and true pasta making on the inside.

 

Athens Agora

There are lots of archaeological sites between Monastiraki and the Acropolis. Most of the area is the agora and residential areas. They're being actively excavated. You can walk around in some, but we didn't on this tour.

 

Looking Landscape-y

I've got a few stitches nearly to the bottom, and this is coming together to look like a real landscape.

 

On to the Fourth Set

Right on half the leaves done. Slowly making progress.

 

Black Needle Society September

This box was sent to my old address, but the guys in Pristina took care of me. I miss them! The stuff was definitely autumnal. I don't think I will ever make the pattern, but I will probably use most everything else.

 

Durres to Bari

We took the night ferry from Durres in Albania to Bari in Italy. The dark is Durres; the light is Bari. It was surprisingly quick to load and unload. We had the presidential suite, and it was the right choice. It was also only about 60 euro more. Food - we were glad we brought our own. It was barely edible. Our ferry was originally built and used in Korea.

 

A Nice Drink

We enjoyed lemonade at an art coffee house in the hipster part of Monastiraki. Lemonade was very good, and it was nice to sit in an open area off the street. Art for sale on all the walls, too.