Sunday, July 20, 2014

Italian week end

Luciana, the woman who owns the purse and scarf store in town, called and asked if we wanted to go to a pool party on Saturday.  The party was not at her house but at the house of Elizabeth, a young woman who is in my English class.  She said, invite Nancy and Luther too.  So, I call Nancy and Luther and they ask, what time and where....right...It is the type of details that make living here interesting.  We finally sorted out that we could come whenever we want and swim, or come just for dinner and eat.  We decided to go half and half and arrived at about 6:00.

Elizabeth's country home is lovely.  She sold her city home to Nancy and Luther, hence one of the connections.  Her country home is like a resort. The pool was like an inifinity pool at a hotel.


The house sits back in the hills above Pierantonio.  A lovely, if isolated setting.  There were about 25 of us at the party.  An intersting mix of Italians and a sprinkiling of Americans.  The house has a restaurant-like outside grill.


The meat was cooked over a wood fireplace and was delicious.


It was so hot.  I don't know how the grill master stood it, except he kept jumping in the pool to cool off.  We were there for about 6 hours, and the time passed quickly.  I learned several new Italian expressions, some I even remember.

We had a fantastic lunch on Sunday up in the hills.  Even in 90 degree weather, life is good here.


4 comments:

  1. Hi Susan. Even though I don't know both of you I can tell that Italy certainly agrees with you and Gary. You are so fortunate to be able to live that life!

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    1. Hi Melanie. Thank you. We realized that we are very fortunate. We have a deep sense of gratitutde for our life here.

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  2. Wonderful picture of you and the Stoic One, who now is in the country legally and apparently is OK with his image in Italia on the internet. The grilling set up in the picture is convincing me to dump my two Webers and create something more rustic. Lori and I enjoy the blog!

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    1. Thanks Steve. He is very relieved to have his documents. Trying to get through the sign up for medical care. The next step. Can't wait for you and Lori to visit.

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