Ciao from Italia

On May 26th I was lounging around in my jammies and checking e-mail.  I spotted an e-mail from one of Chris's acquaintances entitled "Ciao from Italia."  I opened it and read "This may be the strangest question, but what are you doing for the next three weeks? . . . . Want to come to Italy and sing Giovanni?"  WHAT?!!   I ran into the family room and handed my laptop to Chris.  I said, "Is he kidding, or is this real?"  Sure enough it was real.  Less than a week later Chris had a new passport, round-trip tickets to Rome, and a gig singing Don Giovanni in Orvieto, Italy.  A few days later, I joined him in Orvieto.  It was wonderful!  Many thanks to my sister, her husband, my parents, and my neighbor who helped take care of our children and our home so Chris and I could share this adventure.

I have hundreds of pictures and a few fun stories to share, so you can look forward to some upcoming blogposts on our trip to Italy.  Here's a quick sneak peak of Orvieto.  I took this in the countryside outside of the city.  Orvieto is the city in the distance, set atop the hill.