This year, the powers that be decided to stage Todi's version of Oktoberfest. We had live music in various corners, street food, dining tables in the piazza, local restaurants with recipes featuring beer, and...beer stalls!We had to laugh at the pretzels, though: the local bakery they used knows how to make fantastic breads (and it's where we get our panettone at Christmas), but pretzels were a sealed book to them. Proper pretzels of course must be boiled to produce the skin and then baked lightly, allowing the chewy outside and soft interior. The local version was cooked (not burned, but rather dried) to the point of being crispy like a snack pretzel!
Michael tried several different beers, which he declared to be delicious, and we had some Sicilian snacky foods for dinner. Activities included a "beer relay" (it appeared to be that teams were supposed to try all the beers on offer, and the fastest to finish won a prize), "beer pong" (don't know if it's the same as in the US), face painting for the kids, and more.
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| This is the "beer relay" announcement |
Local businesses decorated their shop windows with yellow balloons clustered to form steins, with white balloons on top for the foam; larger versions were scattered around town to add to the festivities.
The weather, though, was appropriately brisk for an Oktoberfest, and we decided to warm up inside!
Love,
Alexandra
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