a soon farewell to italy...

tomorrow is impending and the time to leave. this part of the adventure has finally arrived. i have a melancholy reaction to leaving, to say goodbye to newly made friends is always a difficult thing for me. but then again, i listen to voices like the once i just spoke with on the phone and it makes me realize there are others out there that know me so much better and perhaps more fondly...and this thought of knowing brings comfort to my heart about parting and leaving. never have i been so thankful for clean laundry...after a painful recovery from last night's activities at tivoli gardens (btw...what better place could there be to be made well...surrounded every which way by fountains galore...sigh...oh-so-purty, mom would have loved it), i toted my entire wardrobe to the laundromat/internet place for some thorough washing....soooo happy!!! it's a hard toss up which made me happier - yesterday's excursion to the pantheon seeing the sun shine on the coffered wall, laying eyes on the brilliant orange sun painted by michelangelo at the sistine chapel, the luminous glass behind the baldachino in st. peter's basilica, buying and umbrella today that looked like all these sunbursts...or...smelling clean detergent residue on my clothes that have been shrunk back to their original shapes thanks to tumble-dryer technology...seriously it is a hard toss up...at each of these moments, i clearly recall my eyes lighting up and speaking out loud with the excitement of a little girl "i'm so happy!"...there may have been a couple little jumps and skips of joy mixed into all that as well...hehe...ok...beddie-bye time...btw...what are the proper words to say when you haven't known someone long enough for "i love you" but something more significant than good-bye that encompasses the fact the day cannot pass without the thought of that person crossing my mind making my smilescome from inside out...(pause for thought) today was a very good day...(smile)...ciao, ciao...