HEADING BACK, VIA NC, FL, & VA

Gavin loves riding the mower/tractor with Dad, Mike.

Jack Dittrick

We went back to see Mike and family again for a few days in NC, then drove to Jacksonville, FL, to see the Ulrich's. Mary drove us down to visit St. Augustine. Had to see Fountain of Youth, hope something works. !! Went up to Virginia Beach to see and stay with the Dittrick's til we headed back to Italy. Jack was determined to have a barbeque, even in a little rain. It was great and had lots of fun. As it turned out, we got bumped from the Military plane. Went up to dover, Delaware, and got bumped there. Summer was not a good time to try Space A for the retireds. So we booked a flight out of Dulles to Rome,...... and here we are, in our other home, Formia.

TIMESHARE IN CANADA

We took a week to go up to our timeshare in Canada, Panorama. It was beautiful. Don & Shirley went with us. Golf??? Of course.

OUR BONSALL PLACE

I don't remember if I've ever shown you our little place in Bonsall. It's a nice spot to come back to, and enjoy our time there too. Maybe next year we'll start spending more time here and a bit less in Italy. We like seeing our neighbors, Roy & Ivona. He makes it possible for us not to worry while we are in Italy. Thank heaven.

WEST COAST VISIT

I didn't waste any time getting on the phone and setting date to visit. We went out for a nice Mexican meal with friends Kathy & Ted. Kathy had a nice surprise waiting...... after dinner she had her book written by Robert Wagner (yes, the actor, known as 'RJ'). He was in town that evening doing a signing event. Yep...... I got to see and talk to him and Kathy got her book signed. All was a fun evening. Saw my long time friend and dance partner, Darlene. She & I got in a tap class while I was there. Loved it.

TRIP TO THE U S

We had not been back to the States for two years, so it was time. Since we saw son, Craig, and family in Basel, Switz, between Christmas and New Year, we looked forward to see son, Mike, and family in New Bern, NC. We were there for a week before going on out to our little place in Bonsall. Mike had a little Miada......what fun to drive around in that. New pictures of Kaili and Gavin..... Gavino, as Bob calls him. Gavin loves riding around on the tractor with Mike when he's cutting the grass. Then, off to California.

BUDAPEST - A GENEOLOGY CHECK

The determined person that I am, I took a couple days and went to Budapest to follow up on the information I received on my Grandmother. It's been confusing since is says 'Austria', but she supposedly was born in Budapest. That was back far enough to be still called Austria-Hungary. At least I found the pages in the book where the information was found.

CAT & HOUSE SITTING - LAGO TRASIMENO

Our friends, Jodi and Don, recently moved from Vista, California, to their remodled home, which is at least a couple hundred years old. It's in the small town, and ancient city, of Castiglione Del Lago, right on Lago Trasimeno. That's within 2o miniutes of Cortona (Under the Tuscan Sun), Assisi and Perugia, plus many other quaint towns with wonderful places to eat. Of course we said, 'yes', when asked to come up for a couple weeks while they took a quick trip back to the US. They have 3 American cats (inside), and 8 Italian 'tamed' wild cats (outside). We also took walks down the road where I fed the horses.