LAST DAYS OF THE NIECE'S TRIP

The nieces left on a big plane yesterday on a hazy warm evening. They will spend Easter night in London and fly home today and be back at work and school tomorrow. By the time it was the hour to depart, both of them were remembering home, school, and work quite fondly, so it was no problem to stuff the last minute things into the few kilos Ryanair allows. Actually, people and pets that they missed were all they talked about those last few days!
We visited Paolo’s furniture store, had pizza with Jo and Brigette and visited the hilltop church of San Calogero on Thursday. On Friday and Saturday the last few activites we did were a visit to the ruins at Selinunte, a search for the perfect sweet red wine blend for Cory at the wine shop (only moderately successful), and pictures of World War 2 bunkers for Laura’s history teacher. We also played far too much Scopa and ate more Easter Colombo (dove shaped Italian cake) than we should have. Both girls lay in the backyard in the hazy sunlight to get some color, since after all, it IS Easter vacation!
Ciao, ci vediamo, arrivederci, and good bye girls!