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Pinetamare BBQ

Today was awesome!  We woke up late again and made pancakes, which were delicious!  Laura used her Vermont Syrup again and I smothered mine with Nutella (so delicious).  After breakfast, I had to finish my homework for the week, which ended up being a lot.  Laura says I take online college too seriously, but I don't think I do.  I just make sure when I post things that they are coherent.  There's a barrel a monkeys running around in my brain most of the time, so stringing together intelligent thoughts is sometimes a challenge.  Anyway, I finished my homework late in the afternoon and we got ready for the barbeque near my friend Andy's house in Pinetamare.  For those of you who are unfamiliar, Pinetamare is a beach-side residential area west of Naples.  Andy's house is literally 50 meters from the water...pretty much paradise!



We got to Andy's house and hung out with friends before heading to the beach party.  There were a lot of people we didn't know, but soon we met some great new friends.  Laura brought the cake I made with her and we grabbed some food/drinks and mingled.  In addition, my friend Brett showed up too, who was stationed with me on the USS ESSEX (LHD 2) in Sasebo, Japan.  He recently arrived in Naples and I invited him to come out and enjoy the festivities.  He met some people there who live ridiculously close to his new place in Bacoli, so it felt good that he was already networking after being here for only a month.  The people he met were Patrick and Christina and it just so happened to be their birthday week and someone had made them a cake with paper cut outs of them on top!  Laura loved it of course.



Laura and I hung out by the bonfire and I was coaxed into play some acoustic guitar and singing.  I didn't think it sounded that good, but Laura is my number 1 fan and I love her for it!


We headed home shortly after that and now we are about to fall asleep.  We have an early day tomorrow...wine tasting in Avellino!

⚓ Kyle


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