A couple of years ago, we were finishing up our language school in Lecce and for the last three weeks we had another young lady in our class. She was Erin Walsh and was in Lecce as part of her University studies in the States. She came to Italy alone and so we welcomed her into our home and for about month, we had a
great time seeing many different sights in and around Lecce. I believe we even learned a little more of the language in that time period also!
During the summer we were able to pay a visit to Erin and her family in New Jersey and it was truly a special time meeting her parents, Jim & Marybeth and her brother, Jim and sister, Emily. We enjoyed time just sitting and talking about events of the past two years and remembering many of the things that happened during our time together in Italy. It was a great opportunity to just "be" together.
We also had fun going to the beach! The boys love going and even though there was rain much of the time we were with the Walsh
family, the times that we planned on being out with them, the weather cooperated and allowed us to have great times together. Not only was the beach a ton of fun, but we also got to visit the Board Walk in Ocean City, NY!
It was great fun to ride the ferris wheel, the roller coaster, bumper boats and have some great ice cream! Yes, Ice cream that is as good as what we get even here in Italy! Maybe it is the Italian influence in that part of the country! By the end of the evening, we were all pretty tired but very pleased with how the day had gone.
To you, the Walsh Family, thanks so much for a great time in New Jersey! It is a great pleasure to be able to call you our friends and we hope that in the future, whether it is here in Italy or Stateside, we will be able to build our friendship that began by chance? or maybe God had it in mind all along! I like to think that it was His plan. Thanks for being a huge blessing to us this summer!
(If you want to see the small pictures better, just click on them!)