Still Here

Hi everyone! Well, I promise to write a good story soon. We were in Istanbul the first week of April so I have to tell you about that. I have my friend Becky coming to visit this weekend (boarding her plane right now.) And lots of other stuff - just too busy actually doing instead of writing. I have the stories in my head, though, so hang in there. Check back next week around Tuesday.
Then, Jack is leaving for 2 weeks so that means writing time in the evenings without having to cook a decent meal and have conversations. It will just be me and the computer once Lil' G is in bed!!
: )

Only In Naples….

One of these days I will write a rant about the absolute bizarreness of the Neapolitans, but in the meantime listen to this.

We are lucky where we live because they actually do pick up the trash. But even then they sometimes won’t take it all. Who knows why? Their hands are full, they don’t feel like going back to get that last bag….whatever. And there really is garbage everywhere else.

Well, on Tuesday they didn’t take all the trash again – so we put it in the car and stopped at a dumpster to throw it away. Jack just put the bag in and the Carabinieri pull up and jump out. They wanted to fine us 50 euros for throwing our trash into the dumpster. Jack just played dumb, took the bag out of the dumpster, and continued acting like he didn’t know what they wanted. He wasn’t going to give them 50 euros even after he took the trash out.

But, there you have the reason there is trash all over. You get fined if you put it in the dumpsters! Instead, you are supposed to put it on the roof of your car and drive until it blows off. Then it isn’t your fault, God made it blow off so it is not your problem!

More Gallivanting

Well, we are going to be out gallivanting this next week.
I will get back online on the 9th - with stories, and even a picture of Lil' G with the Easter Bunny that we took yesterday. She was about as excited about him as she was of Santa.
Talk to you soon!!