Friday, July 16, 2010

"I Can Come Here Any Time!"

...for a vacation break! So said my son Marco, as son as we arrived at Stefania's house in Colle Romano. We took a bit longer than probably was needed to reach destination, as it is always the case between me and my friend's addresses in the past few years. She lives in parts of Rome (or outskirts of) that I do not usually know very well. If you have ever been in Rome in your life you have soon learned that it is not that easy to actually find your way around unless you have actually been there. Directions and points of reference are quite weak (at least for me).

Marco and Michele had a great day yesterday, and so we all did, as we visited Stefania and Giulia (remember the other posting we did back in June?) in their lovely house outside of Rome. The place and the time had all ingredients for a nice experience: the fresh water, a lovely garden (Marco has learned the word "giardino" very well by now!), the dogs, a wonderful baby girl, an exquisite lasagna for lunch and a living room with convenient air conditioning (it was actually felt as 42 degrees celsius yesterday in Rome!!! Take pity on us!)

As you can see from some of the pictures we add here and the ones in the slide show, Giulia lives in a lovely villa about 10 km outside of Rome. This detail is quite important, as I would not want too many of my readers to imagine that houses with swimming pools and backyards like this one can actually be IN ROME...not enough space, believe me!

Even though the place was amazing, our great time was the fact that we could spend an entire day with Giulia who is an amazing good little girl, who turns one the first week in August.  And it was nice to see that Stefania and Andrea have such a beautiful home to raise their kids. It was also very nice to see again Stefania's family, and it is absolutely certain that Giulia is sorrounded by a great deal of love and attention - all the ingredients to raise a beautiful child who will be a nice person once she grows up. The world needs good people!

We will be back for Giulia's birthday for sure. In the meantime we wish her and everyone in her family all the best in life.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Grazie amica mia. I tuoi pensieri mi hanno commosso e riempito il cuore di gioia. Ti voglio bene. Non vedo l'ora che Giulia cresca per farle conoscere la persona speciale e meravigliosa che sei!