When we first made plans to move to Italy, at the time only for a year, all of our friends, family, etc. were envious and wished they could be going as well. But, _____ (fill in an excuse) made it difficult if not impossible. Recognizing that we were going to miss people, we invited basically everybody we knew to come for a visit. A handful of relatives and others took us up on our offer, but we were basically alone for the majority of our time here.
Until now. Sensing our immanent departure back in November and December, people began contacting us and setting up visits. That culminates this month as we host 8 guests in 5 clumps across the space of four and a half weeks. The first wave consisted of Amy’s sister, Gretchen, and her partner who flew home today. They overlapped with Amy’s former co-worker, Julie, and her husband, Craig, who left yesterday. Both couples were very laid back and enjoyed just hanging out in Viterbo or borrowing the car for quick day trips without us. We did tour around a bit with them on a long weekend we had. I took all four to Civita di Bagnoreggio.
The place was packed on a Sunday morning and it was a good thing we made reservations to sit outside in the glorious weather at one of our favorite restaurants.
The second wave arrives beginning on Wednesday with my brother Nathan and then continues on Friday when Amy’s best friend Becky arrives with her daughter Sarah. More adventures to follow.
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