Sea Day!

Today is a sea day for Whytney - many prayers and hopes for a productive spa day with lots of tips and friendly clients! The ship is headed for Naples, Italy; the largest and most beautiful city in South Italy! If you are interested in tracking Whytney's ship, visit www.sailwx.info, (sorry, no hyperlink here - copy and paste). This website will give you Whytney's exact coordinates - pretty cool! I know that Whytney will say that this is another way that I internet stalk! Oh well, it is what it is! I say it is a Mother's peace of mind...

Last night I was walking Caddie Jo (our neurotic Yorkshire Terrier)so she could make her nightly "clear the birds out of the yard" duty. I noticed that the entire back yard (approximately 3.5 acres) was sparkling - like someone had sprinkled huge pieces of glitter over the entire property. I realized that these "glittering" flakes where thousands of lightning bugs! I only remember seeing so many of these bugs (at a time) when I was a young girl growing up on a farm in Greensburg, Kentucky. I do not know if there was some environmental phenomenon that caused a population explosion of these creatures or maybe my in-observation over the last few years??? Still - it made me yearn for a ball jar to capture their magic....back on track.

Whytney will be visiting Naples, Italy tomorrow, home to Mount Vesuvius. A visit to Pompeii to see the ruins could be in order? Naples is a city full of grand palaces, churches rich in architecture, and castles. Maybe a left over prince or two?

Naples is a very polite and helpful city - this is the expectation - I know Whytney will appreciate this attribute. There are approximately 989,000 people that populate this expansive city. The average temperature for this time of year is in the low 80's.

Italians are very serious about their food (I knew I liked them)! A typical meal (lunch(pranzo) or dinner(cena) consists of at least four courses:
Antipasto (appetizer) - ham, salami, seafood, olives, and crostini
Primo Piatto (1st course) - pasta, polenta, rice, or soup (cacciucco - fish soup is common in Naples.
Secondo Piatto (main course) - meat or fish, with a side dish of vegetables or salad(typically at an additional cost).
Dolce (dessert) - fruit, puff pastries, or cheese selections(formaggio).
Black coffee typically finishes out the meal (again, another reason I like them)!

Hopefully, Whytney will be able to visit one of the many fabulous restaurants in Naples to experience this typical dining regimen.

75 more days in the journey - 75 more days to enjoy the climb - 75 more days to see the world - 75 more days to bask in the glorious places that God made....