Works outing to Friuli (Italy)

Once a year the whole bank-team of Villach-area (9 branches) is going on a fun-trip!

This year´s target: Friuli area (Italy) - just next door to our region....

Schedule for the day: City of Venzone (breakfast and guided tour), Municipality of San Daniele (worldfamous for "Prosciutto" - the San Daniele Ham), Aquileia (ancient Roman city), Grado (Harbour-, Spa- and Beach-Town / located at Adriatic Sea) and finally Municipality if Cividale (medieval center / wine-area).

The weather forecast haven´t been the best - but nevertheless about 40 of us climbed on the bus early morning. - Fun started immediately - as the "bad boys (and girls)" found their seats next to each other (as always.....).

First stop in Venzone we had a typical Italian breakfast (cappuccino and brioche) and a very interesting guided city-tour (almost the whole municipality have been destroyed during an earthquake in 1976 and originally re-constructed the last twenty years).

Around lunch-time we reached San Daniele where we had (of course!) a fantastic prosciutto-tasting (accompanied by good Friulian wines...)!

Then the weather-forecast turned to be right - and it has been raining cats & dogs.

Therefore we didn´t stop for the Aquileia-ruins (just saw some of them throught the bus-windows.....) and spent the whole afternoon in a nice bar in Grado - enjoying red wine and grappa (grape-based pomace-brandy)!

The dinner we had in one of the best restaurants of Friuli Area - in the town-center of Cividale - the big and fantastic final of a real nice and funny day!

Coming back some minutes after midnight - being tired from singing and laughing all the way back....