Day 3: A rainy day

Yesterday it rained heavily all day and the winds were whipping the trees, so we hired a bus and traveled to Montemaggiore al Metauto in style.

As we drove up through the village, I saw signs with Winston Churchill on them. What’s up with that? We’re in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere. Well, it turns out that Winston came here in 1944 to scout out how to attack the Gothic Line. This town is right on the top of a hill, so they had 360° of view. A huge battle was fought here and the Germans ran away afterwards.

A local church has been converted into a museum to commemorate this event. How cool is that?! Here’s the poster with Winston on it.

We stayed in a great restored house. This is some of the bike group at dinner last much. Roast guinea fowl and succulent lamb chops.

Looking up from the restaurant towards the main town church…