A MONTH IN SPELLO!!!

 I AM TRULY AN INTERNATIONAL TRAVELER!
HOW MANY RUSSIAN BLUE CATS HAVE SEEN THE FRENCH, SWISS AND ITALIAN ALPS---ALL IN ONE DAY???!!!

                              FRENCH ALPS

                               SWISS  ALPS

                            ITALIAN ALPS!!! 
 THEY ALL KIND OF LOOK THE SAME, FROM A SLEEPY POD PERSPECTIVE...ARE WE THERE YET????????????????????????????????

AT LAST, S-U-N-!!!  WE STOP AND I GET OUT AND FEEL THE SUN AND HAVE A LITTLE BITE AND S-T-E-T-C-H!!! WE DECIDED, AFTER CONSULTING ME (!!!) TO DRIVE STRAIGHT THROUGH TO OUR NEW HOME!!!!

BUT WE GET BACK INTO A HEAVY ITALIAN STORM, GET LOST IN MILAN AND ARRIVE AT 1:30 AM  AT THE SHERATON AIRPORT HOTEL!!!  

TODAY IS THE DAY WE WILL ARRIVE AT OUR NEW HOME...RAIN, SUN, AND AT 11:15PM THIS IS WHAT WE SEE!!!

MARGARITA IS THERE TO GREET US! OF COURSE, SHE SPEAKS ABSOLUTELY NO ENGLISH, BUT AS BEFORE, WE WAVE OUR ARMS AND LAUGH AND MANAGE TO CONNECT IN A VERY ITALIAN WAY!!! SINCE WE ARRIVED SO LATE, ALL THE PARKING PLACES ARE GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LARRY GETS THE LUGGAGE OUT AND ENDS UP PARKING BY THE MONASTERY OF POOR CLARES IN A NON PARKING SPOT---I HAVE A STRONG FEELING WE WILL NOT GET A TICKET...AND WE DON'T!!!

WE ARE FAMISHED AND FIND AT THE END OF SPELLO BY THE GATE WE ARRIVED AT A RESTAURANT THAT STAYED OPEN FOR US AS WE HAD OUR FIRST REAL  ITALIAN PIZZA!!!
THIN, THIN, THIN CRUST AND NOT GOBS OF CHEESE, BUT A LIGHT COAT WITH FRESH TOMATOE SAUCE AND A TALL ICE COLD GLASS OF ITALIAN BEER TO GIVE US STRENGTH TO CLIMB UP THE VERY, VERY STEEP HILL TO OUR SPELLO ABODE.

WE DID IT...........WE TRAVELED WITH OUR
OCEANA LUNA BY PLANE AND CAR... AND ALONG THE ROADS WE LEFT EXPECTATIONS, FRUSTRATIONS, AND LOTS OF LAUGHTER!!!