Today we decided to try and walk to the train station and take the train to Salerno which is about 20 minutes away by car. We walked about a mile to downtown Battipalgia and found the train station. We bought two tickets and ran to catch the train which was just leaving. It was only about a 10-15 minute ride. We arrived in Salerno which is a beautiful town on the sea. Several ward members live there and parking is next to impossible so we wanted to see if the train would be a better option when we go do our visits. The train was great but didn't return to Battipalgia for several hours, so we decided to take a bus back and see how that was. We waited for about an hour before we found the right one. We had to get back to do a visit with the missionaries to Flavia, who is getting baptized in two weeks. The bus took about an hour because it made several stops along the way. We even had a little excitement as a lady ran into the back of the side of the bus with her car. We did make it home though.
I did a few loads of laundry this morning. I think the washer puts more dirt on the clothes than it removes. Three of Paul's shirts got the pockets all stained. The corners of his white shirts are now all grey. I think I will wash his shirts by hand from now on. I read online abut italian washers. They heat the water and the cycles take between 1.5-2.5 hours to run one load. Mine makes so much noise you would think that it was a rocket launching anytime! We did have a sunny day today and so I could hang the clothes outside to dry. I do love seeing all the laundry flapping in the breeze. Everyone's was out today because it was the first sunny day in a while.
We had zone conference in Rome yesterday. Kent Richards from the 70 is in our area presidency. He spoke and so did his wife. It was great to see all the elders and sisters. There were about 70 younger missionaries along with 4 senior couples. All the missionaries serving on Sardinia, flew over for the conference. We rode up with the Willis's who work on base near Naples. They got us several items from the commissary which I was very thankful for. We stayed overnight Tuesday with the Steurers who are the office couple. They had all four of us senior couples over for dinner that night. It was great to visit with everyone.
My bed was a bit dubious though. I think that the frame was lower on the left side than the right side so I felt like I was sliding out of bed all night. I was actually thankful to get back to my bed in Battipalgia last night. I cleaned out a couple more drawers in the kitchen last night so I now can use four drawers.
The other good news is that the trash man took the trash I put out last night, so I must have put out the right bag of recycle items. Yea! One less bag of trash in the house now.
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