Wednesday, Paul and I had planned to have dinner at the nearby German place I mentioned a few days ago. So when he initially texted me that we were invited to have dinner with some visiting German workers, I thought “oh, how nice for them!” But we actually ended up at a mountain top Italian place near the factory.

Trattoria Da Pippo Di Sartori Maurizio.

So there’s Paul, me, and six German guys. Some speak Italian and German, some only speak German, we only speak English. One guy was translating the Italian into German for another guy, who was then trying some very broken English. It was interesting, but awkward, as we sort of sat in silence a lot. Somehow, a plate of steaks miraculously appeared at our table though.

And they were amazing 😋😍 Actual, cooked over charcoal, traditional grilled steak! It was tough to be polite and share with all the others 😂 I got these pictures from their Google page. Paul kept saying it reminded him of Brazilian grilling, and seeing these pictures now, I understand why!