Pizza and Friends Galore!

We are truly having a great time (in case any of you have not noticed that yet!). Though hot and sticky, Rome is great as usual (fatta eccezione per quelli dietro il volante sulle strade di Roma!).

We have had fabulous pizzas, ice-cream breaks, visits with friends and tours around Italy. Nothing to be forgotten any time soon. Here some pictures of Michele, Marco, Agnese, Marco, Daniele e Luca at a great pizza time on July 8. We loved the place and we can testify to the amazing taste of the items we ordered.

Here we share a few more pictures of these beauties and hope you all enjoy looking at them as we did living the experiences together.

We are all convinced that these great experiences are worth all the sacrifices in the world, especially for Michele and Marco. This is how great friendships are born and nourished, through the years, in spite of distance of place and time.

Qui accanto una fotina di Roma, in giro con nonna Anna (che per la seconda volta in vita sua ci ha accompagnato e mangiato a MacDonald's. Che mitica caprese!

Lunedi sono stata con Luca in giro per l'Umbria - a Viterbo e Civita di Bagnoreggio (la citta' fantasma). Notare la fotina dei salami da un negozietto tipico (for those of ou who do not quite understand the titles of each cold cut...I suggest you do not try to attempt to use the words too often).

Che paesaggi indimenticabili - cosi come la compagnia!

Here on the left, you can see part of the Duomo di Orvieto, an unforgettable cathedral, which amazes its viewers with a fantastic facade.

On the right and below, corners of the city, on the day after the great victory of Italy at the World Cup. Can you believe this on the left is the inside yard of a common apartment building? Unbelieavable corners of Italy that make this country, my country, an amazing place on earth. When to all that you add the best friends in the world, I wonder sometimes, how on earth I got to leave all this behind.

However, what I found back home is as great and important, and as long as the links and ties are strong and true, I will always have the best of both worlds!

Talk to you later.

Valeria