Bruce has a cold

Yup, Bruce has a hacking cough or cold and we are in early tonight.  We have been to the pharamacy twice and they have very little compared to what we have in the States.   Over the counter for us is by prescription here so poor Bruce is suffering.

Anyway, today it was off to do laundry and it was a climb.   We have seen those stairways made of stone in Italy but the pictures only show the first level.  We have four levels to climb and it was work.

When we finally got there the place was bright and clean.  How they work it is you pay an attendant for the machine and he then inserts a card into a machine where their are numbers that coordinate with the machines and that's it.   We were there for an hr and got it done until I realized that Bruce had only one shirt there.   He forgot to look in the closet for rest of them.  Too bad as I am not climbing those steps again.

We then got a shuttle to take us down the very steep hills to ck on the car, catch it back 15 minutes later.   Where the shuttle let's people off is at the bottom of a hill which begins the climb onto the Main Street. So there is traffic coming down a hill from the right, going down a different hill, motorbikes coming up behind us going onto a rd to left and right and right in the middle of the hill sits a little area where cars can park.  People , us walk , walk through it, not quite super people but if you don't , you would be celebrating your next birthday waiting for a break in the traffic.

The people here are more reserved , locals, than they were in Leece.  I know from experience that Sicilians are more reserved than Northern Italians, not rude, but a lot harder to get to know.  

We looked at some ruins today and many look the same.  Surprise.

Returned to the same place we have eaten before so we can look over the blue water.  As we were leaving a wedding party was entering a church and had a huge crowd of tourists clapping for the bride and her dad as they walked up the steps.  This is the fourth wedding we have seen since we have been in Italy.

As I said each town as a main plaza and today there were two men , one on a mandolin and other guitar, signing traditional Italian songs along with Volarie which everyone joined in on the choirs.  It made everyone feel good.

Wind has picked up tonight so people are in sweaters and large scarves all wrapped up.

Tomorrow we are off for a day of sight seeing to some small coastal towns and an in land one.

Let's say a get feel prayer for Brucie.

Grace