car rental update

The car rental worked. Greg booked it in Spanish since the English site was twice the price. We used a credit card that covers insurance. Like all insurance, you never really know what it covers until you need it, but we had no accidents so we got the car for the advertised price, about 60 euro for five days.

Today we rented from the same discount site (different company) for a month. The rates go up as we get closer to high season and Easter but we can only rent for 30 days at a time for the credit card insurance coverage.

On our way back from airport car rental return, we stopped for dinner in Terresini at Casa Blanca restaurant with all the pictures of Bogart and Bergman. (pictures to follow) The food was excellent. We had the fixed price dinner for $22 euro each. First course was a pasta. Greg had the sardine spaghetti and I had the spicy seafood (mussels, shrimp and calamari) with a spiral pasta. Then we had fried calamari, sardines and octopus as a secondi. All with choice of wine, water and topped off with fresh strawberries and pineapple in an almond sugar, followed by espresso. The chef is going to New York/Staten Island in December.  It sounded like American Italians were hosting her in exchange for  a meal for 30 of their friends. Then she travels to Niagra Falls, Chicago and Detroit.

We have met several Italians who tell us that they have visited New York but not other parts of USA.