I have received the latest e-mail from Steve Ellis in Italy if you would like to see the full version let me know and I will forward it to you. As far as the health situation is concerned Alberto is home and has finished his brain tumor treatment and while he appears well his condition is continually deteriorating. The home care and interaction with Alberto's mother is testing but Steve,Sue, and Sarah are coping with admirable restraint. For movement outside the apartment Alberto is now confined to a wheelchair. Below is the journal away from these trials and tribulations.
We took 3 days out from Bergamo last week travelling by Eurostar Train - 4 hours - to Florence. After 28 years it was good to see that it's architectural merits still submerge the Tourist trappings. Like many of you , we took the Bus up into the surrounding hills for a touch of Tuscan landscape, visiting that little beauty Fiesole and enjoying a great crusted lamb dish for lunch in the Townsquare. Our Florence trip was memorable for the food, we now acknowledging that fresh pasta is best cooked in butter ( 4 Mins ), and not served bathed in some sauce.
The Italian Elections have concluded, the best comic piece we could make out being to Quote: " When Clinton stated " I did not have sexual relations with that Woman " nobody believed him. When Berlusconi (aged 74) stated " I did have sexual relations with that Woman "(aged18) nobody believed him! They did however agree that his Political Manifesto was better than his Bedroom Manifesto, returning him for another Term. ( I'm not sure whats happened to that magnificent old piece of political Theatre - The Italian Coalition! )
Typing away at this in Sarah's A/pment I got a call from down below. Sarah with Alberto on the footpath. Together we pushed Alberto down a couple of blocks to the Scooter Shop, where we put new air into the chair's tyres to improve its " speed and performance". A chance for some outdoor time for Alberto. Tomorrow we will likely try the park some blocks away and take in a Gelati. The weather is still holding - mid 20's, blue sky. They have sure got the Spring/Summer weather sorted over here.
Ciao, arrivederci Sue Sarah Alberto and Steve
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