Santa Marinella, Bella

Today we spent in Santa Marinella. We went for drinks on the sea, the Mediterranean with some of MACs American Friends, Jeff and Shiela who have been in Rome for 5 years, he is getting a Theology Degree. Their Friend John who reminds me of Joe Languell with his robust theatrically bent who is studying Philosophy and just spent a year in Poland studying the language to better understand JPIIs documents, and another couple who just came. It was just so lovely along this sleeply little Italian Village drinking Itialian beer and participating in a gathering of friends with their children to toast in the coming semester and talk about life.

Then we came back to MACs and went up to the rooftop to watch the sunset over the mediteranean. We are just so amazed to be here in this sleeply l ittle villa. Then it was out for dinner and we had a seafood extravaganza!!! Mussels, clams, octopus and someother things we don't don't what they were but they were marinated in oil and garlic and herbs straight out of the sea and were multo bene. M and I smoked some stogeys on the lovely evening stroll back and finished them out on the terrrace. We decided that we need to have a reunion over the summer when they next visit and invite all of our slacker friends who have moved from Dallas. Yes! the Zinks, Enders, Shanks, Katie Orth, because I can't remember how to spell her crazy last name, Fishers, Reagans et al!

All in all, the perfect way that you want to spend a vacation, lazy days with good food and great company where you feel totally relaxed and can talk about good times and feel among friends and can freely speak your mind on any topic great or trivial!

Tomorrow we venture back out on the trains to go to Roma and the Vatican!

Ciao my friends,

PDS