Welcome to Miami

Last week we took a little vacation to see our friend Ben who is working on his Doctorite at The University of Miami...His wife came to visit too:)

And yes..Enzo is getting a double chin (he is very proud of this accomplishment).

In Hawaii without Paiginha

:(

Nice place, though... We have to come here together sometime...

Mom's knee replacement

Mom just had her knee replacement surgey on her left leg (she had the other one in November). She is doing really good.

Proud to be an American Laser show-AKA Stone Mountain Laser Show

Our Stray Dog

Birthdays this past week...

Good times:) We had a cookout at my parent shouse to celebrate both mine and Enzo's birthdays (Mine is June 11th and his is the 15th). Just wanted to thank everyone for coming. As soon as I get the pictures from my mom's camera I can post some of them up here.

So proud of my husband...

Check out the link below. Enzo knows his stuff:)
A Brazilian's Take on Web 2.0

Enzo's notes added after Paige wrote this post:

Charles Beckham is one of the people involved in the Education Department of Sun Technologies. Very nice guy with an interesting take on Web 2.0 applications in education.
I had an opportunity to talk to him at the ASTD Conferecen 2007 and through email. He really seems to love Brazil... :)

Way to go Grandparents!

Grandmom and Grandad celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 3rd!!! Go Grandparents! It was a square dancing celebration:)

3 Day Wine Tasting Event

I have joined a 3 Day team that is raising money for Breast Cancer Research. Here are some pics from our recent fundraiser...
If you would like to contribute to the cause please feel free to visit my website: www.the3day.org/atlanta07/paigesilva

Happy Birthday Dad!

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First Game / Primeiro Jogo

Esqueci de mencionar que semana passada (sexta-deira dia 12 de Abril) foi o dia em que assisti o primeiro jogo profissional da minha vida (de qualquer esporte). Nem de futebol eu tinha assistido e sexta-feira eu fui assistir a um jogo de Baseball do Atlanta Braves com o Scott (irmão da Paige), Wes e Chris (dois amigos dele).
Mais devagar que futebol, mas interessante...

I forgot to mention that last week (April 12) I went to my first professional match (not playing, but watching of course:). Not even soccer I had seen a professional match, and this past friday I wnt to a Braves game with Scott, Wes and Chris...
Interesting but much slower than soccer... :)

The Grass is always greener on the other side!

On the way the way to Naples:)

Napoli and Pompea (the city devasted by the volcano Vesuvius)

Pizza Pizza and more Pizza

Each Pizza cost 3 Euros!!!! Whooo hoo!!!

Lesson that we learned while being in Italy...

Well well well..life has been a BIG adventure here in Italy. When we first arrived in Venice there was a strike with the entire security department. That really isn't a good feeling, especially when you are traveling abroad. Anyways, to make a long story short, the airline ended up losing all of our luggage. So for the past 4 days we have been borrowing clothes and wearing our own clothes multiple times... Last night the airline was able to find my 2 suitcase however Enzo's still was nowhere in site. BUT...the most amazing thing happened. Since we ended up buying our tickets through American Express I was able to call them and they ended up reinbursing us both $500 (together $1000)!!! What a wonderful thing to have happen! Enzo and I have had a really great time spending $. I really urge everyone to buy plane tickets through American Express and paying an extra $10 for luggage insurance like Enzo and I did.

Another thing wonderful about this card company...since Enzo's luggage is still missing they have an entire department dedicated to calling the airline and bugging them about finding the luggage! We don't even have to call.They do all the work for us! Our responsibility is to shop! I love it!

One more thing of why everyone should have an American Express...when I called I found out that there is traveling medical insurance. What I mean by that is that for $13 (i think this is what it was) a month American Express will pay for medical expenses that happen at 150 miles from home or more). It can be used anywhere in the world! They even said that if something happened they would fly someone out to see you!!! I really need to get more details about this but it sounded incredible. Enzo and I are always worried about that but with this we don't have to...

ok I know I sound like a commercial for this card company but I really am in shock at how much they have done for us over the past week. I can't imagine being here in Italy and trying to deal with this on our own...

Lesson of this story: Get American Express.

Here are some pics from when we bought clothes..notice Enzo new chique Italian outfit;)

Esquecemos de colocar fotos dos Alpes Suíços sobre os quais voamos rumo a Veneza na segunda-feira, dia 2 de Abril.

We forgot to post pics we took of the Swiss Alps when we flew over them on our way to Venice, monday April 2.

Ci siamo dimenticati di upload le foto degli Alpi su di cui abbiamo volato rumo a Venezia, Lunedì, 2 di Aprile.

Still first day in Italy / Ancora il Primo Giorno in Italia / Ainda o Primeiro Dia na Italia

Paige e Raffy,









Una chiesa a
Polignano - A church in Polignano

Il Mare Adriatico - The Adriatic Sea

Anniversary in Italy / Aniversario de casamento na Italia

1 ano de casados! 1 year anniversary! Na Italia.
In the States there's a tradition of giving a differnt type of gift each year. The first gift requirement is that it must be somthing made of paper. Our gift to each other were our tickets to Italy! The best paper gift ever.

Traditional Anniversary Gifts by Year:

First: Paper
Second: Cotton
Third: Leather
Fourth: Fruit or Flowers
Fifth: Wood
Sixth: Candy or Iron
Seventh: Wool or Copper
Eight Bronze or Pottery
Ninth: Pottery
Tenth: Tin
Eleventh: Steel
Twelfth: Silk or Linen
Thirteenth: Lace
Fourteenth: Ivory
Fifteenth: Crystal
Twentieth: China
Twenty-Fifth: Silver
Thirtieth: Pearls
Thirty-Fifth: Coral
Fortieth: Ruby
Forty-Fifth: Sapphire
Fiftieth: Gold
Fifty-Fifth: Emerald
Sixtieth: Diamond

I guess if our gifts are always this kind of paper we wouldn't mind getting paper as presents every year... :)

Pics from our first day in Italia

The Adriatic Sea


A restaurant in Pugliano

I Trulli in AlberoBello City

Enzo and Paige in Pugliano City

Siamo Arrivati in Italia _ Chegamos à Itália _ We arrived in Italy

Paige and Raffaella in Pugliano City (near Noicattaro)

Church in Pugliano City

Pugliano City - Città di Pugliano - Cidade de Pugliano

(Próximo Noicattaro)

Chegamos ontem a Bari!!! Um sonho realizado!!! L'Italia!!!
São notáveis as semalhanças entre a Itália e o Brasil... Realmente há uma conexão entre esses dois povos talvez até comparável à relação entre Brasil e (nações_tribos da Africa).
Chegando a Veneza, onde teríamos um vôo de conexão pra Bari (no Sul da Itália) tivemos que encarar longas "filas" ou emaranhados de pessoas tentando passar pela inspeção, uma vez que havia uma greve dos funcionários da segurança do aeroporto (apenas alguns trabalhavam).
Passado o sufoco (mais de 1 hora na bagunça) pegamos o vôo (agradável) a Bari.
Chegamos no aeroporto e nossas malas não tinham pegado o mesmo rumo... ainda estamos contactanto o aeroporto pra que envien-nas hoje ou amanhã. Tive que vestir roupas do irmão da Raffaella.
Por falar em Raffaella, havia já 6 anos que não via essa minha amiga e só nos comunicávamos por telefone e messenger. Foi uma alegria revê-la e conhecer seu noivo (que é muuuuito legal e até nos pegou no aeroporto, já que Raffy estava no trabalho).
Chegando a Bari, a mamma nos prepara um delicioso macarrã0 (fusilli)!!! Madonna!!!
La mamma é "così carina"!!! Me lembra muito minha mãe.

Hoje fomos a Polignano, uma pequena vila a beira-mar com construções tipicamente italianas. Ma che bello!!! Uma senhora que me via tirar fotos à porta da sua casa começou a convesar comigo dizendo que eu tirasse muitas fotos para levar como recordação do país dela, auqndo descobriu que eu era do Brasil me contou de sua ida ao Cristo e como isso ficou na memória dela - ainda nos convidou pra um café que não aceitamos pois Raffaella tinha que ir trabalhar.

Comemos uns aperitivos em um bar local muito aconchegante e conversamos sobre viagens com a Raffaella.

Hoje a tarde um de seus irmãos, Michelle, nos levará a uma outra cidade, Alberobello.

Os irmãos, tios, a mãe e a vovó da Raffaella (la nonna tem 87 anos de idade) são muito acolhedores e divertidos.

Já sinto saudades desse país! Às vezes queria que minha mãe estivesse aqui, ela adoraria conversar com a vovó da Raffaella que se parece muito com a tia da minha mãe que faleceu a algum tempo atrás.

Que país!!!!