My last day in Rome....for now

Today is my last day in Rome for a while. My 3 months as agreed through Geovisions and the family was up this week, and as I had arranged a while back I am leaving to meet up with my parents for a holiday. However the family has asked me to return for the rest of the year, which is great news. I will return towards the end of August, because in June I am on holiday and in July the kids are attending a summer camp. Then in August, as is customary in Italy, the family will be going away on holiday.

So I will return at the end of August. Until then I wont be updating this blog....have a good summer (or winter depending which hemisphere you are in) holiday!

Music Festival

Last night we had a music festival at our home. There was about 120 people invited to come and listen to various musicians play. The highlight of the evening was a gentleman called Robert McDuffie. He was actually nominated for a grammy some years ago! There was also a great guitarist, a couple of piano players and even an oprah singer! It was a great evening. Unfortunately with the dim lighting I wasnt able to take any decent pictures.

Rome Master Tennis

Today I was lucky enough to go to the final of the Rome Masters Tennis. The mother of the family had arranged some complimentary tickets through her work. The final was contested between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The first set went to a tie breaker, which Nadal won, and then the second set started promising before Djokovic seemed to loose it a bit mentally and Nadal took it 6-2. It was the first time I have seen any tennis on clay, and it was great to see the long rally's!

The kids go back to school tomorow, so I will have the days free for the next 2 weeks before I leave Rome.

This week we are having a Music party at the house. The father knows a famous american violinist, who has agreed to play at our house, and so he has arranged for some other musicians to come along too. Its quite a production, we are expecting 120 guests! I have my doubts as to whether the house can handle that many people, time will tell! Last week the father came home from a trip to Florence where he went to a wine farm of someone he knew and bought some wine - 300 bottles!! Its all stored in the kitchen now, it looks cool!