Pasqua in Prato

After farewelling Bids on Friday, we fell into a wet and quiet Easter weekend. “Our” little English bookshop in Florence has kept us well-stocked with some great reads. The boys were delighted on Sunday morning to discover that the ‘Easter Bunny’ had not forgotten to stop in Italy! The Fiorentina-decorated eggs were a hit. The church bells called everyone to Mass at about 11am, and we joined the crowd crossing the piazza. The service was beautiful, even though we could not understand anything that was said. The ‘weekend peace’ came to an abrupt halt a few hours later when we heard shattering glass – the boys had kicked the soccer ball through their bedroom window!!! Luckily for the boys, our landlady Simona was much calmer about the incident than their parents and she kindly replaced the glass without fuss. Prato is buzzing again and the weather is really warm. We are starting (hesitantly and with heavy hearts) to pack and consolidate. Mike is busy finishing up at Monash and the boys are enjoying their final soccer practices this week. What new adventures await us? We leave on Monday for Turin and perhaps Milan; then Lake Lugano (Switzerland) for 4 days – and then we really don’t know where we’ll be until May 7 when we fly from Paris to London. Watch this space!