New story
OK . I got the pics to post .. so you can read the next post ... and it will be new to you ..
Dad
Blogger isn't allowing me to upload images right now so I'll tell a non-photo story for now and save the one I just wrote as a draft to send later.
In Sicily, there isn't a lot of wood but there's a lot of stone and marble so that's what the floors are made of. Since Americans are used to carpet there is (of course) a little guy with a truck of carpets stationed at the corner outside the gates of the Naval Base.
Just for the experience of buying from a guy with a truck, Bob and I stopped to look. After finding just the right 6' X 10' rug, we did a little dickering on the price. He started at 150, we started at 80 Euros. Got him to 85 Euros and were so proud. So....... I went back to the car to get the money. Between the time I left him and got to the car to get the money out, I forgot the price and handed him 95 Euros. That's some rug!! Or some tip!! Today we checked the price of rugs at the NEX (Naval Exchange)......let's just say I really love that rug.
Miss you greatly. I find myself having a difficult time emotionally just now but I think that will change when we can talk to the kids and grandkids.
posted by Bob and Marianne at 2:54 PM
5 Comments:
You are lucky the Euro is weak right now! I was doing the math in my head based on the exchange rate from April... and that wasn't good at all.
Love those locals...
This will be such an adventure, how fun. We love and miss you. Keep the stories coming, we love reading them.
Hey mom... I think you may have my email wrong. I haven't gotten any of the emails my brothers and sister keep telling me they are receiving. ... unless it is intentional and you don't WANT me to have you phone and address :P
And Rhonda... I'm not sure how you are REALLY suppose to access you blog, but I always go into someone else's and then click on upper left eblogger symbol, then I sign in and it all goes from there.
aunt rhonda...
http://rhomar.blogspot.com
you'll have to sign in at the blogger homepage (your user name and password...) and then you can go choose a template and write any old thing you choose.
If you set it up... let us know!!
Beth,
Send to fletcher_italy@yahoo.com The last email I sent you came back so I need your email address again.
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