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From time-to-time, I've promised to post the fb posts here on my blog for those of you that don't have fb. Here is the first of that installment:



August 25th ~

Just and update as promised. We made it. We are in Naples!
Sherman did very well during the flight and is staying with one of the chaplains until we get a
pet apartment on Friday. We are tired! The end of a very long day (really two days rolled into one) we'll keep you posted as we get more settled. ~


August 27th ~

We're in our Navy Lodge pet apartment. So Sherman is back with us now... hurray! Very busy with area orientation (AO). But happy to all be together. All is well!

• It's a bit strange for Sherman. No cozy rugs yet and only one "baby" of his that we brought along with us, but he's happy just to be with us and waits patiently for our return - always! We should find a permanent place to live within a month or two.

August 28th ~

We ventured out today with one of the chaplains and his wife to a nearby shopping mall. We tasted gelato for the first time. Yum! And had a good chance to just sit and watch the Italian people. Beautiful! Such lovely families! We went to a big WalMart type store, also incredibly amazing! Bought fresh mozzarella cheese lifted from a vat of water. Very fun! And saw what must be the longest pasta aisle in the world.

August 30th ~

Monday~0700~**Fireworks**3rd day in a row!! . . . and first thing in the morning no less! Something to do with August being a festival month throughout Italy (I'm sure we'll find out more about this later), and fireworks go off every time there's a birthday, a wedding, a birth, a wedding, etc. . . poor Sherman!! It's very close and sounds like we're under attack! ~1500 **Fireworks** again on the same day!! Same story. It doesn't seem to matter that it's daylight outside . . . who knew!

August 31st ~

Back to the "pet apartment" to let Sherman out of his crate during our lunch break from our orientation class. Every 4th day we have to lock him up so the housekeeping team can clean, or they won't do it. We've both passed our driving tests and can now drive in Italy. Yay! Next step . . . buy a car. All this walking and lugging groceries, etc... for many blocks/miles is really wearing us out!

September 2nd ~

Yes! 38 years ago today we said "we will."