More on our new place, and a trip to the beach

Many of you have asked about our new place. Below is a picture of the front of our new, suburban abode. As I mentioned in a previous post, the Residence San Lorenzo a Linari has had many roles in the past including private home, vacation home for a few Popes and monastery. Now there are about 20 apartments and a spa here.

Most people are here on vacation and stay here for two weeks. This means that our neighbors change regularly, which is quite different than our neighbors at Borgo Villa Risi. Anna continues to impress us with her ability to make friends with young people from all over the world. Below is a picture of Anna playing in the courtyard with Camille and Amailia who are from Denmark. She has also made friends with Nina from Holland and Muria from Mallorca. With a few weeks left, I have no doubt that she will continue to expand her circle of international friends.

At first it was a little hard to get used to the other neighbors present here at San Lorenzo. These little lizards are everywhere here, including inside our apartment every once in awhile. However, after 3 weeks here it is safe to say that I'm no longer startled when one runs across the floor.

The view from our front yard at San Lorenzo is below. The fields in Tuscany have slowly been turning yellow as the sun gets hotter.

Below is a picture out our back window in the evening. The surroundings here are lovely. It's a very peaceful place.

The kids and I took a little trip back to Castiglione della Pescaia today. While the pool at San Lorenzo is nice, we wanted to play in the sand, so we headed to the sea.

On our way to the beach I stopped and took this video of a field of sunflowers. At first I took a picture, but it was impossible to capture how large and beautiful this field actually was, so a video was the best way to get it all.

Tomorrow evening we are off to Assisi to meet up with Father Luke. We're all very excited to see a familiar face.