Amy and I have returned to Viterbo after a brief trip to the States at the beginning of August. In some ways, I was looking forward to coming back to Viterbo almost as soon as we hit the ground in Boston. It was a great trip and we were able to reconnect with family and friends, check out the house and spend some snuggle time with Diesel.
In a touch of symmetry, we arrived for our second year in Italy on the same calendar day - 17 August. That was just one of the many things which stayed the same. Once again we were greeted by a heat wave. It hit 100 one day and was in the upper 90s every other day. We are in the midst of a nasty drought which makes it even worse than it was last year. Once again, we have internet issues. Nothing at home so I am writing from school. They hope to have the service/line fixed by Thursday. If that is the only problem we should be back on shortly after that. If it is not, then we will likely have to wait until Monday for the school's IT specialist to return from vacation.
Other things are different. This year we have our car from day one making our trip back from the airport much simpler. This year we have a new English teacher. Steve and Pam arrived on Saturday and settled into our former apartment on Via Vetulonia. It has been fun getting to know them and we are looking forward to working with Steve this year. Our other friends, the H-Ps, return on Saturday. We are looking forward to catching up with them and hearing all about their travels over the summer.
The Festival of Santa Rosa is just around the corner and this time I should have the ability to load lots of pictures so stay tuned!
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