Lunch by the lake and a new Fiat Punto

On this morning's walk we saw two new flowers. The pink ones are wild miniature cyclamen and the second are crocuses. Saffron crocuses are grown nearby at Città della Pieve but they are mauve with long red stamen.

Today has been a bit of an odd day but as they say, it all turned right in the end!
We had planned to go to a recommended restaurant around Lago Trasimeno for lunch but discovered that they are closed on Tuesdays. Plan two was to go to a restaurant in Castiglione del Lago where we had celebrated 50th birthdays with Melbourne friends (many years ago!!) As we turned into the street where we were to park Kel suddenly said, 'We have no gears!' We limped into the car park and then realised that 'la pausa' had started and our rental company would be closed until 3.30 pm.
Plan three was to have lunch at a nearby lakeside restaurant we had seen last week when visiting CdLago with Cate.
We had a superb lunch at this fish restaurant La Pigra Tinca, with a stunning lake view and perfect weather.

My Panzanella with fish pieces

Kel's tipici meats, cheeses and bread plate

My gnocchietta with freshwater crayfish sauce.

Kel had tagliolini with lake fish flavours sauce.

Both were delicious!

Our waiter was very generous in ringing the car rental company and explaining the problem to them. We had a long wait for the representative to arrive as there had been a big storm in Chiusi. The gear cable had broken, and we were given another Fiat Punto to see us on our way. Well done Avis!

After that we needed to visit Bar Alise for a gelati fix. Still more gusti ( flavours) yet to test.