We've arrived

Greetings from beautiful Italy!

37 hours from door to door and only 4 hours sleep, but worth it all when we drove up the track and unlocked the door to Eremo Paradiso. A real sense of coming home. Especially when our neighbour's dog Luna greeted us with delight! (Those of you who have followed our blogs since 2010 will remember her moving in before.)

 

All went smoothly with the flights and transfer in London to the plane to Rome. Jan has not been well but managed to cope with the flight remarkably. She's grateful for the prayers of many for that.

 

After a scorching summer here (hottest for 100 years), the weather has decided to become kinder and the temperatures will drop below 30 degrees this week. We may even get some rain, which we can’t complain about since there has been little here for many weeks.

After a simple dinner of cheese, crackers, peaches (flavour and sweetness bursts in your mouth!) and a glass of red wine shared on the terrace, we were off to bed at 7pm for 11-12 hours of delicious sleep.

 

We awoke to the sound of gun shots and remembered that hunting season began yesterday. Some shots were quite close and we decided eating breakfast indoor may be wise.

Today we’re having lunch with Birgitta and Piero, then picking up Win and her daughter Diane this evening from the station.

And so begins a new chapter in our Italian holiday journal. We are very blessed...