I know this is a late post for Friday but we just got in from having dinner!!! 12:09 am! The whole town was still alive and kicking when we left the restaurant. Even the small children were still up this late. I have fallen in love with their day to day life. The family is always together: school until 1 pm, home for lunch with all the family, father goes back to work at 3-3:30 and the kids are done for the day. However, they do go to school on Saturday too.
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| Carson, Pietro, Forrest & Salerno friends |
We have had a great time discovering Salerno and visiting with Pietro's family. We want his younger brother, Francesco, to come to NC for school also. Pietro's whole family is wonderful. His father is a mechanic so Forrest has really enjoyed talking to him and checking out all the cars and trucks that he is fixing. Carson hasn't felt that great on the trip so we are thinking that he may have a gluten allergy. That is pretty much all you eat here with very little protein or green veggies in the diet. It's great food don't get me wrong, just way different.
We did a great job in the shopping department today also. Ted's really nice titanium glasses broke so fortunately Pietro's mom knew a local guy and he fixed them 'pronto'. Ted got two new frames for a great price. I ended up getting some cool sunglasses from the same guy. He gave us great prices and was extrememly kind and friendly. (uhmmm..pretty cute too!)
The boys went to a local water park so Ted and I just walked and walked and walked. We figure that we put in at least 10 miles today. It was great! This area is beautiful. I dint think that you would ever get tired of walking around.
Tomorrow we are back to Rome for our last day. We hope to see the Vatican tomorrow afternoon.
