Today is our last full day in Guardialfiera.  I can’t believe we’ve been here for two months already.  There were days when the time dragged with all of the rain.  Apparently this has been the rainiest spring in 100 years.  Last night, on a Saturday, we went to the bar for an after-dinner drink, and we were the only ones there at 9 pm.  The owner closed early when we left.

Luckily, our last day has included pleasant weather.  In fact, everyone is out and about, enjoying the first rain-free day in over a month.  Our bar is usually closed on Sunday mornings, but the owner opened up this morning to take advantage of everyone being outside.  He did a brisk business before stopping for lunch.

We’re spending our last day taking walks around the village and saying goodbye to friends.  We’re packing and cleaning the house and trying to eat up the rest of the groceries in the house.  We’ve gifted our balcony plants to our bar owner, and his wife quizzed us on how to use marjoram because it’s not common in Italian cooking.

We had a big pasta lunch at home, and now we’re just relaxing.  Later this afternoon, we’ll go back to the bar to hang out, have a glass of wine, and say “ciao” to everyone.

Tomorrow we’ll drive to Rome where we have an apartment for four nights.  We’ll return the car, do some sightseeing, and of course, eat.  We fly back to Atlanta on Friday morning, and I’ll probably complete the rest of the blog posts after we get home.

For now I’m just sitting in our bedroom, taking in the view.  Here are views over the valley from the past two months.