Rubbing my eyes as the sun came gently into my room, I thought for a minute I had woken up in a movie....star or bit part? Didn't matter, I snuggled deeper into the covers and looked around: old stone walls, a ceramic chandelier, tile floors, sloping beamed ceilings and, oh my, a canopy bed. Birds were calling, I heard a rooster, and as I got up to open the shutters on my windows I looked out onto miles and miles of the gently rolling, ancient hills of Umbria. Below I could see a stone terrace and everywhere flowers: huge, hand-sized roses of all colors, pots and pots of geraniums, daisy pockets, waist high herbs, yellow broom with fragrance and so many others that have no name to me yet. If this is a movie, I feel like the star! If this is a novel then surely I must speak Italian. If this is really a dream, well, don't wake me up.
Dinner was the best of an out-of-body experience: drinks on the terrace, conversation in small pockets inside when the winds got chilly and then a move to the dining room where, at a table for 12, a four course dinner was leisurely served as the wine and conversation flowed. Where am I? I had to strain to understand the language....and it was all English! (No it was not the wine.) Those Brits sure know how to fancy up a sentence. And add to the fact that we had three from down under (which speaks in its own version of "English,"), plus 2 brave gals from Swedan with a totally different slant on the language, Kelly now speaks American-ese with an Italian accent and then me, the lone American, the only one whose language was fully comprehensible and at times that was even questionable. We have a Catholic priest, a doctor, and international tech man, a retired college professor, a school teacher, a farmer, a shrink....it was a lively and fascinating conversation ... if one could keep up with it!
And, and......(be still my heart) we get to paint today. Please don't wake me up.
Ciao,
Cindy
P.s. Did I mention the on-site chef? 3 meals a day?
Oh my goodness! I'm so very happy for you, Cindy! I can only imagine the magnitude of amazing that you must be living & breathing right now! Cannot wait to hear the stories and see the after glow in your eyes! So glad this is happening to such a wonderful & amazing soul such as you! I love watching what I know in my heart to be true, good things come to those who deserve. xoxo
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