Here is also an old photo of Ray and Sofia. She has amazing hair.
The first part of June was fairly busy - we wrapped up Andrea's year with a farewell dinner with the students though they are still here finishing up exams. It is the norm in Italy to take your final exam orally (that sounds so dirty), so you can imagine the stress of sitting in front of the class and being "interrogated" (that is the word they use!) and then immediately recieving a course grade which you can reject if you aren't happy with it, and then schedule another oral exam at a later date. Can you imagine? I'd rather write a 20 page paper or take a written one.
We spent one afternoon with friends in a castle in Dozza, a small hilltop town where we had visited with Celeste and Rik. There is a great enoteca in the "cantina" where there are wines from the hundreds of local producers. This is Andrea, Ray and friends in the castle tower playing Ring around the Rosie Italian style.
Following the castle tour, we visited an agriturismo for lunch. These restaurants are usually working farms that produce their own foods-we sat on a terrace to eat while Ray played on the playground next to it (for four hours straight and no lunch - just a drink of water from time to time).
Another day, another photo of Ray on a mall ride.
Ray's birthday was celebrated again with Godmother Kathryn, and her husband Marco. (Don't laugh at my cake, sisters) Kathryn works for a non-profit cancer research institute. She is one of the few Americans who has carved out a fairly successful career here...
4 comments:
Ciao amica mia bella-
Do tell-- life seems grand in Italy ! Love being able to "visit" with you and your friends. Of course I am terribly jealous of what seems like all fun and games-- as opposed to life in NJ: work, work and more work.
Meet me at Triumph at 5:00 and we can toast the start of a great summer. Keep those pictures coming.
Much love to you and yours- Susan (I'm crossing my fingers that this goes through -- all new to me)
Susan! I read you loud and clear! I'll be at Triumph and let's finish the night at Tiger Noodles...(in my dreams). I wish I had some workworkwork in my life. Too hard to find that stuff around here! xoxox
You're kidding about the beauty queens? Chris, you write so beautifully, you should really consider working in a that field. I remember the grades you got in that class you took... that would be a great stay-at-home job!! Thanks again for sharing,
love- your most favorite sister (and it looks like the only sister that reads this!!). That's okay, more for me!!! Lovelove
Paula, trust me, you would be one of the four fans I would have (the three others also being related to me). Though almost all my friends could be beauty queens, it has become a joke to call each other by country, though Ms. Spain, Begonia, on the left could easily qualify (she is sooo gorgeous). She and Philippa, in reality, are lawyers who are currently stay-at-home moms. xo
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