Dining in upper Lombardy

Tucking into a menu di lavoro.

We said good bye to Luisella my sister-in-law and headed off again - this time to the Italian lakes, settling on a rather smart campsite on the shore of Lake Iseo (not far from Lake Garda). We're spending several days here and using it as a base to explore various places of interest. Today we took the train way up into the mountains to a small village called Edolo. Its idyllic setting is in a valley surrounded by high mountains with a river cutting across the centre of it. There's splendid medieval church with excellent frescoes depicting various scenes from the life of John the Baptist and a beautiful riverside walk which we followed for a while.

Roman bridge, Edolo. Marilena poses where Julius Caesar
possibly once crossed with his legions.

Up until now Marilena has cooked most of our meals but it was impractical to do so at Edolo, so we checked into a local friendly restaurant for lunch. For 11 euros a head they served us three delicious courses with coffee and a jug of wine and a bottle of water on the side. No complaints there. Indeed we ate out the following day when in Bergamo and had a similar experience - although the cuisine was different. These culinary bargains appear to come under a workers' menu, i.e. menu di lavoro.