A few weeks ago, Larry and I had the great privilege to get away for a weekend. It is hard for me to leave the kids, but oh so worth it for time alone with my man! It took a team to pull it off - my sweet housekeeper came over at 3:45 am Friday morning because we had a 6 am flight. Paul and Erin relieved her on Friday afternoon and kept the troops until Sunday morning. Such a blessing!
I have to stop here and reflect on how we met Paul and Erin in the first place. Several years ago, we were asked to host summer interns for Second Baptist Church in Houston. We had 2 interns over 2 different summers. Our second intern, Michelle, lived with us when we found out that we were moving to Budapest. A year after we arrived, she emailed us saying that a college friend of hers was moving to Budapest. That was sweet Natalie, who poured herself into our kids for the year she was in Hungary. Natalie introduced us to Paul and Erin. I love looking back and seeing how God paved the road way back before we would've ever dreamed of moving to Hungary!
Back to the trip - so, we left super early on a Friday morning and flew to Milan. There, we rented a car and drove to Varenna, a little town on Lake Como. Our first stop was an Italian cooking class in a tiny village of 81 people in the hills above Varenna.
Ristorante Il Caminetto
We were the only students in the class -what a treat! Chef Moreno was the kindest, most hospitable man and we had the best time. We learned to make fresh pasta, risotto, sauces, lamb chops and more. Moreno fed us until we thought we would never eat again.
Larry working on fresh pasta under the watchful eye of Chef Moreno
Thank you, Moreno, for a wonderful start to our weekend!
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