For those of you who have asked…or are interested – I’ve edited down and filed the photos and videos from our amazing trip to Italy. You can link to the Folder and galleries of each area we covered here:
We’re starting to make plans for an exciting trip this coming winter/spring. Will keep you posted…and hope you’ll be able to join us!
Marsha & Joel
Tuesday, November 17th
As reflected in this view from our room we woke up with very mixed feelings on our last full day in Italy. It’s been such a wonderful trip, on all levels, with today being full of promise too. But we are feeling a little heavy hearted knowing we have to leave this “dream” tomorrow. Knowing we’ll soon be home able to hug and kiss our kids and grand-kids is a real comfort though. Continue reading
Before we headed out for the day, we met Martina, about whom we’ve heard a lot. She’s the daughter of the first family to welcome the Sada Sats to their new home. Mario, her father, and Martina have been an invaluable source for information and connections while the property has been developing. Martina, who is now 23 works directly for the Sada Sats. She does everything including helping navigate the Italian bureaucracy (a daunting task) – to assisting with preparation and cleaning for guests – to providing advice about what to see locally. A more competent and willing young person would be very hard to find!
Before heading to La Verna following Sada Sat Kaur’s recommendation…we just had to find a place to wash the (really filthy as you have seen in a previous photo) car. We needed some diesel anyway so found a station that had their own version of an automatic car wash. Fortunately the attendant (who spoke no English) was nice enough to help us get the washing process started after fueling up. He wanted to know if I wanted the 5-Euro wash or the 7-Euro (still don’t have any idea what the difference is). I decided on the 7 – I’m a really big spender you know. Really, really wish I had videoed the process. An ingenious series of brushes, nozzles, sensors and moving arms started moving around and above our stationary car – with us inside – soaping, rinsing, blowing dry in a robot-like process for what must have been over 10-minutes (I guess the 7-Euro version). Every time the arms moved ominously toward the car, Linda either screamed or closed her eyes…not trusting this kind of technology I guess. Continue reading
