Day 70 - Sunday - Car Show - Day at Home

Sunday, September 9th, 2018.

Today we wanted to relax but the moment Gregory found out about a classic car show at the Pitti Palace, he planned to get there with Daniel. I went to mass with Iva, Andrea's mamma. She was thrilled that I wanted to accompany her with her sister. It was a long, traditional mass. The sister knew everybody so we spent another hour waiting for her and talking to the priest. There is some kind of comfort to go anywhere in the world and know that you can go to the Catholic church and know what's going on. I personally like to go to honor my father who was very religious and spiritual. It is like a reminder that he is there!

After mass, we came home and helped prepared lunch. Well, we tried to help. Cinzia hasn't allowed me to help since we are guests. Andrea, Gregory, and Daniel came home early because Andrea wanted to start the grill but Cinzia had already done it. I was a little disappointed that they didn't bring Fernando with them since they met with him at the car show. Again, it's not our house so Gregory couldn't invite him. We had a nice family meal and then we rested the rest of the day. We kind of wanted to go to Fiesole, but no one wanted to go out, so we just watched TV and Lavinia did a manicure for Sunshine and me.





Lavinia did Sunshine's hair. They swear they didn't dress alike on purpose!

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