While D was in Sperlonga with Andrea, Paul and I took advantage of the free day to clean up the house a bit, Paul worked in the garden, and we drove to the town of Isola del Liri for the afternoon. 

Isola del Liri is known for a waterfall that cascades down 70+ feet in the town center, with a historic castle at the top. It’s the only town in the country where a waterfall falls in a town center.

The town was bustling (until siesta) with restaurants, shops, a bookstore, brewery, salons, etc.

Lots of restaurants with outdoor seating lining the main street. It was a 40 minute drive north of Pico so we may come back here one night for dinner. Maybe we’ll come back on Friday night since my idea of a perfect dining establishment (A Prosecco bar with “Boards, Bubbles and Cocktails”) is only open on the weekend:

For lunch we ate at Miro Ristorante and Pizzeria where I had mezzi paccheri (large tubes of pasta) with a very light sauce of tomato, mushrooms and garlic.  Paul had tonnarelli all carbonara tartufata (thicker spaghetti with boars cheek and black truffle pieces.)