We've been busy going to work and back, doing little errands on the weekends and not getting out much. Shame on us.

So....we returned to the Gambino winery on a tour a couple of weeks ago and had a great time. The bus let us off at the bottom of the hill and some rode the shuttle to the winery. We chose to walk and quite a walk it was. About a mile straight up, or it felt like it. But the walk was worth it. The winery sits far up on the slope of Mount Etnea and on a clear day like we had the view is amazing. Little towns "nestled" in the mountainside and lands producing grapes, oranges and lemons as far as the eye can see until the land slips into the sea. So beautiful, but not 'capture-albe" with our camera. We did take a couple of pictures to share. Mr. Gambino was kind enough to pose with us for photos. Our friend Mary Jo went with us on the tour and joined me in the pose.

This week we've been doing errands again but this time we went to the Saturday market in Misterbianco. We found such a variety of things at the vendor's booths and wanted to buy a lot but held off. There were shoes, clothes for all ages, curtains, kitchen ware, bedding, a butcher, fresh fruits and veggies....just not much you could want that you couldn't find there. Such fun.

We're still waiting to see where we've been assigned for next year. Might be this weekend. If so, I'll see it on my school email Monday morning.

One more thing before I head for church....Bob and I think we could get jobs translating instructions from English to Italian or vice versa. We could do no worse than what we read on the lightbulbs we bought at the market yesterday. I think if you double click on this photo it will enlarge and you can read the directions. Good luck.