Ciao, Massa.

We are leaving today, to go to Rome. I feel like I have been here for weeks, and it has only been four days. The things that we have seen have changed my life, they really have. Pompei was...unbelievable. The food in Napoli, and just getting to be there at all. Capri and Positano yesterday...it is nigh unto impossible for me to describe how amazing it was to go to those places last night. Laura has been the kindest hostess that has ever lived. Every morning we would wake up to find our breakfast set out for us, and every night we would come home to find our dirty clothes washed and folded on our bed. I actually had a tear in my eye once because of it. Italian love is an epic thing. (Last night, she also admitted to me in hushed secrecy that she owns a Gucci bag. "Ah, I LOVE the bags!")

Here she is, the gorgeous Laura Esposito...just look at those eyes.

Laura and her Father and her sister, Gabriela. Gabriela's daughter, Erika. And one other girl whose name I cannot remember. And Kath.


Ahhhh...Massa Lubrense is outside, that is the ACTUAL town that we have been staying in, it is one cove over from Sorrento. The residents here lovingly refer to is simply as "Massa" or "Paradiso." It is one of the most peaceful places that I have ever had the privilege of staying in. The people here still work with garden tools that their ancestors worked with five centuries ago...it is surreal. I saw one of the people working with one of the ancient hoes yesterday...it was like going back in time.

One view from Laura's balcony...where you can hear the bells.


Time is different here.
Time is different here.