Hey everyone
Wow! I did not realize it was July 4th. Yay USA!
Today we walked from the house to the beach at the bottom of the hillside. There is this stone path that winds from the top (the town) all the way to the bottom. We are at the top. It was a long hike back. When we went down the kids pointed out the church that their parents got married in. On our way back it happened to be open and a sign said a whole bunch of stuff in Italian and Michelangelo. I went to investigate and there was a painting inside by Michelangelo. There is a picture at the bottom. It is so amazing that you can just walk around and find frescos by these artists everywhere.
When we were swimming I saw a sea anemone that was red. When I pointed it out to the kids they said it is called a pomodora del mare (tomato of the sea). We went swimming yesterday and there was water aerobics in the ocean. It brought me back to the good old days at the pool. They even played songs from Grease.
Oh, good news! I found my memory card! It was in my computer. The only problem is the pictures I took on my camera won’t go to the memory card and I don’t have the cord to the computer. Good news, I took new pictures of the town tonight so you can see it. Well, one picture because I wasn’t there for a long time.
Friday
Today we went on the boat. Again, it was beautiful. We snorkeled at a wreck and there were all kinds of fish that would come right up to us and swim around us. I got such a bad sunburn but I think (that might be wishful thinking) that it will fade into a tan. I will take pictures for you tomorrow. We would be going along and there would be a castle or a fort or a mine. It is an unbelievable place.
I was thinking and I realized that aside from being in this beautiful place and able to appreciate new things, that God is doing new things in my life. I will also tell you about that. I have some free time in the morning before the kids wake up and I have been really impressed upon to read my Bible. I am ecstatic about that because I have been praying for God to give me the desire for His word. It seems like I just can’t get enough of it. It is nice for me to know that I am taken care of even when I am so far away from the people that care for me. I know Christ will never leave me.
I hope you all are doing well. Keep up the emails telling me how it is back at home.
Love you,
Nicole
Top: swimming area. The caves are man made. They were put there to hide soldiers in WWII who were protecting the coast from invasion. Tomato of the sea. That is just a random shot of the swimming area. There was coral all around it so it was hard to get to that spot. I commemorated it with a picture.
A sideways picture of the ceiling. It would take a whole lot to fix that picture now. The middle picture is famous! The last picture is of Capoliveri which is the town where we are. It is beautiful. I haven't been there in the day time so no pictures of that yet.
Wow! I did not realize it was July 4th. Yay USA!
Today we walked from the house to the beach at the bottom of the hillside. There is this stone path that winds from the top (the town) all the way to the bottom. We are at the top. It was a long hike back. When we went down the kids pointed out the church that their parents got married in. On our way back it happened to be open and a sign said a whole bunch of stuff in Italian and Michelangelo. I went to investigate and there was a painting inside by Michelangelo. There is a picture at the bottom. It is so amazing that you can just walk around and find frescos by these artists everywhere.
When we were swimming I saw a sea anemone that was red. When I pointed it out to the kids they said it is called a pomodora del mare (tomato of the sea). We went swimming yesterday and there was water aerobics in the ocean. It brought me back to the good old days at the pool. They even played songs from Grease.
Oh, good news! I found my memory card! It was in my computer. The only problem is the pictures I took on my camera won’t go to the memory card and I don’t have the cord to the computer. Good news, I took new pictures of the town tonight so you can see it. Well, one picture because I wasn’t there for a long time.
Friday
Today we went on the boat. Again, it was beautiful. We snorkeled at a wreck and there were all kinds of fish that would come right up to us and swim around us. I got such a bad sunburn but I think (that might be wishful thinking) that it will fade into a tan. I will take pictures for you tomorrow. We would be going along and there would be a castle or a fort or a mine. It is an unbelievable place.
I was thinking and I realized that aside from being in this beautiful place and able to appreciate new things, that God is doing new things in my life. I will also tell you about that. I have some free time in the morning before the kids wake up and I have been really impressed upon to read my Bible. I am ecstatic about that because I have been praying for God to give me the desire for His word. It seems like I just can’t get enough of it. It is nice for me to know that I am taken care of even when I am so far away from the people that care for me. I know Christ will never leave me.
I hope you all are doing well. Keep up the emails telling me how it is back at home.
Love you,
Nicole
Top: swimming area. The caves are man made. They were put there to hide soldiers in WWII who were protecting the coast from invasion. Tomato of the sea. That is just a random shot of the swimming area. There was coral all around it so it was hard to get to that spot. I commemorated it with a picture.
That's me! There is the organ in the church. It was impressive. There is a crab we found in a tidal pool.
A sideways picture of the ceiling. It would take a whole lot to fix that picture now. The middle picture is famous! The last picture is of Capoliveri which is the town where we are. It is beautiful. I haven't been there in the day time so no pictures of that yet.
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