North Italy holiday: Friuli 1-3 June (Fossa Mala & Lis Neris)

vineyard of Lis Neris

Wednesday, 1 June: on our way to our next stop Agriturismo Fossa Mala, we visited the famous Roman Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta in Aguileia. The 4th century old Christian mosiac floor is the largest in Europe and really amazing. Aguileai was of great importance in roman times and beyond.  

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Fossa Mala

At Fossa Mala we tasted some of their wines and inspected the premises of our 'home for a nite'. In the evening we had a great dinner in the restaurant of Fossa Mala. There were two parties organized at the premises for teenagers turning 18 yrs old; phew lots of loud music, luckily it stopped around midnite.
When leaving the next morning we bought several bottles of their very nice Brut.

Thursday, 2 June (a national holiday in Italy, Dia de Replublica):
On our way to our next stop in Friuli: the winery & the Relais Lis Neris. Lis Neris wines are one of our favourite Italian white wines. 
We visited the wonderful gardens of villa Manin at Passariano: lots of detoriated statues, ponds and large old trees.

After a short disappointing stop in Udine, where it looked like everybody had abandoned the city (national holiday) nobody in the streets, it rained and I felt ill. 

Udine: piazza della Liberta, the Loggia del Lionello

We drove to our next stop Relais Lis Neris, where we were greeted kindly. 
We joined a tasting and tried some unknown wines and some wines we already knew. 

After the tasting it rained and we stayed at the premises. I stayed in our room coz my bowels were upset.  

Friday, 3 June

After breakfast, Livia took us for a tour to the Lis Neris vineyards. She gave lots of interesting info. We loved it. After the tour P. tasted/bought some wines. My stomach wasn't strong enough, so I refrained from tasting.

The journey continues to Termeno in Alto Adige (Sud Tirol), where we will explore more wineries.

On our way through the mountains we visited Belluno, where we had a lovely lunch. We were hungry coz we didn't eat much the day before. 

We crossed the Dolomites: heavy rain, mountain roads, snow and the pass where we stopped for a minute as it was 7 degrees and raining. 

Dolomites

passo Rolle at an altitude of 1975 meter

to be continued.