Running around

After running around all day, it was time to get my bag ready to go to the mountain house. We stopped to eat dinner at a place called Beef-Ed. Its a sort of American or better, western type of restaurant.  We had grilled chicken. It was really good! We've had dinner twice before and we liked it a lot. Since it's close to home and the prices are reasonable according to Italian standards, we figured we could stop to have a bite. We finished dinner at about 8:30pm and we went to get a coffee from McDonalds since the coffee machines were not working at the restaurant.Thank God for MickeyDs. It was amazing because it's almost a sin for Italians not to have coffee after a meal. I stand by believing that a true Italian meal is not done until coffee is served.
After the drive, we arrived around 10 p.m. to the mountain where the house is but we decided to stop at a bar for a drink. It is Friday night, so it was early to go to bed. There was a group of Germans and us in the restaurant/bar/hotel. It's a slow period since summer is over and the cold keeps people away. It was 9 degrees Celsius outside.
Anyway, we ended up playing Trivial Pursuit until 11:15 p.m. and we decided to call it a night since the Germans had left and it was just us and the barman/owner of the place.
In the mountains, places close early and we thought we were intruding. We came home to a cold house so to warm up the house you can only do it like in the olden days. Grab some wood and burn it away in a little stove that heats up the room. We just do this in the kitchen/living room because in the other rooms, we use little electrical heaters. Overall, a great cold night. It was a night with the first feel of winter coming soon!!