9 July 2010
Good morning Paolo

Your boys are now in our area. Saverio and Andrea are staying with Alec and Sandra on their farm and exploring the Manawatu area today. The weather is perfect, after an early morning frost.

The other two boys are at Ratana Pa, not far from Wanganui.

They all enjoyed their time with our exchange boys in Wellington. They were well looked after by NZ parents. Sherra-Lee is now in USA with her husband who is a softball umpire for world important events. Last year he umpired at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Te Utanga's Dad will see that your boys catch the early flight back to Italy on Sunday week.

Tomorrow we leave for the Waitomo Caves, then next day on to Whangarei to Peter and Shirley Bowers. Then we will travel up to the Bay of Islands. The weather forecast is wonderful!! recently we have had so much rain so it will be wonderful to have such a fine spell and warmer temperatures in the Bay of Islands. We are staying near Rotorua on the return journey. Ian's foot is still tender after the accident but he is coming with us.

See you in September. Asegul has been wonderful arranging our accommodation in Istanbul. Did I mention to you that Hona does want to stay with Ian and me at La Ripa so we would like to have the room we usually have with the three beds. Thank you for arranging that for us from 26th August until morning of 9th October. Looking forward to it a lot.

Love from us all

Rosalyn.