Leaving monastero

We stayed in onastero until June first, because we wanted to se Adele perform in the school function of Pinocchio. It was actually a take on the Italian finance system, but it starred Pinocchio, Gipetto, some tourists, one girl we knew from the house, Vickie, played the cricket, and another girl we knew from the milk farm was a princess. Immediately it was awesome, first the tourists get lost, and then making a special cameo appearance was vittorio, our guide on the cinque torri walk. It turns out he is a local hiking celebrity, and he is the creator of the cinque torri walk. So right away when the girls get lost he comes out and points them to the trail, and everyone went crazy. After the play there was a room full of deserts and pizza for the kids, so having some of that and saying hi to all the performers was a big time thrill. Adele played the accordion in the play, so when we went home Paola made her get it out and play us a tune. It was a late night for everyone. Then Zabeth and I got up early on Friday morning to make pancakes before the kids went to school and to say bye to them. It was pretty fun cooking, but then pretty sad because there was no time to wait around. We said bye to fernanda, and I'm pretty sure it was the happiest she had been in two weeks, because she was happy to have had the interaction. Then we shook hands with Sergio and got in the car to take the kids to school. There we got out and said bye, and then it was off to the train station. Paola walked us all the way to the train, helped Interpret with the ticket agent, and told us not to go to the bathroom in Milan because it cost money, in between tears. It was very good to have been part of the family, and although there's nothing to regret about our trip, if we could have done it differently we would have spent longer with them, and in Alagna, and less time in Abruzzo.