Larry and I got up early to bid farewell to the Faddens. A little after that we took Wally, Eileen, and Jean to the train to go to Rome. Wally had never been before, so they thought they would take this opportunity.
Larry and I had a nice day at the villa, doing laundry and catching up on various things. We went into Vasanello in the late morning to check out the market and to see what time church was on Easter. We wandered into places we hadn't seen before, and marked a fresh pasta place and a meat shop where we could get things for our Easter feast later in the week. We were also curious about what was open and closed in Holy Week. We learned at the Tourist Information office (where we also had never been) that everything is open normally except on Sunday. Very interesting. Since the main worship events are very late on Good Friday and Sunday morning, that makes some sense. We get the impression that the Italians have a deep reverence for their Roman Catholic faith with a rather casual informality about its observance.
We picked the group up at the station at around 7:35 p.m. and heard about the crowds in Rome. Holy Week is not the best time to be there! We went back to Eureka for pizza - the end to another good day.
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