6 days to go....

Matteo is just about to go down for his morning nap and then when he wakes we will head out to an open-air mass and a procession/parade that will take place. It is Italian week here and St. Anthony's mass will be out of doors and then the procession with bands will carry the St. Anthony's statue through the street. Afterwards we may stay for lunch and then head home for Matteo's afternoon nap. When he wakes again we will head to my sister's who has planned a farewell barbecue for us. So it is looking like a very nice Sunday.

Yesterday I got all the details of our hotels and travel plans and sent it to a couple of sisters. Checked my lists for items still missing and also headed out for two walks. The first was in the early morning hours right after breakfast. It was very quiet out. The second we played tourist after W's suggestion and were aiming to head to the downtown Market to try to bump into a couple of boys we know but made it as far as the parliament buildings. It was very nice and mostly quiet and I learned a few things about what I need for our tourist travels in Italy. Matteo seemed to like the grass this time so we decided to stay a bit and picnic. Well I brought some food for him but was planning on buying something for myself but instead he just had a bit of his lunch and we took a few photos. Am posting some of them here and one which is already my favourite. It was just by chance that Matteo was wearing his red sweater so I thought that was neat too!.....Afterwards we headed home. Matteo fell asleep in the stroller so he had an early nap and then later in the afternoon around 3:30 we both had a nap for about an hour. Because of our late nap Matteo went to sleep around 8 but he was in such a good mood that we enjoyed each other's company until bath and bedtime. This so far has been a great weekend. I will try to also post some photos of today's procession if the rain holds off.