A surprise visit!

Meet my niece Gianfranca and her husband Renzo, together with one of thier grandchildren Alessandro (5)....(they have two daughters and two grandchildren).

They too live in Milano, but their holiday home is up near Monte Rosa in Piemonte - unlike 'Franca's two sisters who both have their 'second' houses here in Colico and my other niece who is up here too.

Renzo called me on Wednesday evening to say he would be visiting a company (client) in Delebio, the next village to me. He was going to bring Franca and 'Ale' too and spend the day with me. This was such a nice surprise and they took me out to lunch! They knew about the two visits by Expats GTG groups to Posallo and wanted to eat there themselves. This photo was taken under the outside 'portico' where we had our lunch. We were high enough on the mountain for the air to be pleasant - not cool - it was too hot a day for that. But it was a nice couple of hours there taking our time over a pleasant lunch and catching up with all that side of the family gossip.

Then it was back to my place to let 'Ale' play in the garden. A rare treat for him as he lives on the fifth floor of an apartment block and they only have a balcony.... He dug up some mole hills but never found the mole (!), watered all the large flower troughs using the hose pipe.... Honest you would have thought it was the very latest in technological toys - he was truly in his element. So much so, that when it was time to leave, he threw his arms round my neck and whispered in my ear "Zia Carole - can I come and stay with you for a holiday"? Wry smiles from pround grandparents and a promise that they would bring him back and get his Mum and Dad to come visit too!

All in all a pleasant day all round. They left about 6pm for home. 

posted by Carole B @ 10:25 AM