Thursday, July 6

The kids are on their way to another beautiful destination around Italy - their weekly field trip. Thet still do not fully understand or appreciate the scope of their opportunity, here at hand. With 150 Italian children for 4 full weeks, they have a treasure at their fingertips, for which, at times, they still complain to me. " I am tired"; "I want to sleep in today!"; "...they only speak Italian here!..."

Surely I have to push at times, but Nick and I are sure this trip, done on a regular basis will build a profound knowledge of their roots, their heritage, the Italian language and culture, and will solodify friendships and build long term relationships. It is a somewhat forced immersion...or so it seems to then right now. But it will pay off, for sure.

I plan to work a little bit more today (as I was on-line all afternoon and evening last night working with my team at LTB), and then be a tourist in my own city.

We will be visiting friends tomorrow and Saturday, and we plan to share the finals of Italy-France with the entire community here at the Borgo on Sunday night. We sure hope that our soccer players will be the greatest ever.

Keep reading...we will keep you updated.

Vale