Lots to look forward to!

It's been a quiet day today - like a Sunday 'should' be.... Nice drop of sunshine to start off with. Then my usual caffe latte and Ciccio with his cornflakes, milk and just a 'smidgin' of sugar (yes he's acquired the taste for cornflakes for breakfast - but he does not get the Kellogg's (expensive) kind, rather the 'own brand' from the supermercato! And he doesn't get them every morning either.... But he does have plain 'riso soffiato' with his main meal every day.

I do wish though, that the churches here would teach some 'bell ringers' to ring the bells on Sunday mornings! There are very few things that I do miss but I always loved hearing the church bells ringing in the distance when I was at home on a Sunday morning. Pure nostalgia - but nice memories of quiet peaceful moments even so.

Today I've been sending messages and confirmations and the like to various family and friends who are now starting to organise their visits out here to me..... It looks like it's really going to be a busy and exciting summer.
So far it looks like this :
1. Mid March - Sergio and Lynsey for a long weekend.
2. Mid April a friend flies in to Bergamo then stays with me.
3. At some time I'll have to find time to visit and stay with friends and Sergio in the UK, ending up with 'best friends', both retired, who will be returning with me in the car when I come home. But when I do that - one of my niece's and her husband will be staying here to 'house sit' for me.

4. Of course there's the "Expats in Italy Monster GTG" on 3rd June.

5. Then in August 'the friends' son and his wife are coming over for a 10 day visit too.
6. And sometime in the summer 5 or six of my (then) 'junior managers' are planning on us holding a weekend 'reunion' here at my place....

So as you can see it is really a year to look forward to... I love having visitors, seeing old friends, having a good gossip, seeing how their families have moved on and grown up.

Yes, all in all it's been a nice Sunday!