Today I record my missive from Roma. The Lucca episode closed this morning. This photo sums it up really. So many friends made it’s hard to even fathom it all. The Italian School in Lucca is amazing for the social networks it encourages, the like-minded people passing through and (cliche-ically) the sense of family it engenders.
So last night Anne (with apron) invited this lovely group of people to her Lucca apartment for dinner to farewell a number of us. She cooked an amazing meal and we laughed until 2am. A really very funny night, with some of the most hilarious stories Ive heard in a long time. One of the woman, We discovered that Camila (black top and frizzy black hair) was leaving on the same train as me so we arranged to meet the next morning at the station.
I was struggling like crazy this morning with my massively heavy cases being dragged behind me but before I was half way to the station I heard ‘Sue’ being called behind me and Loretta and Ibis (Loretta-pink top, white shorts and Ibis- greenish thai-dye top) bounced up behind me and relieved me of my case and escorted me to the station. We met Camila who had packed a picnic lunch for both of us to enjoy on the train. We said our farewells and Camila and I got on the train. I had all the help in the world on and off the train, a great lunch and lots of chat all the way to Firenze. I have been so lucky, really, these are fabulous people.
Here I am in Roma, it always feels like coming home and it is just great to come back to Chris’, have a glass of wine put in my hand and an old friend to chat to.
Weekend here, then off to Matera on Monday morning. This means an early train to Bari and then finding the right train in Bari to take me on to Matera. Roma seems even hotter than Lucca if that is actually possible and a constant state of sweat.
