Passports and Plum Blossoms by Barbara Oliverio

Author:Barbara Oliverio
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic comedy, summer read, colorado author, italian romance
Publisher: Barbara Oliverio

Chapter Twenty

Everything looks great. I’ll check in with you when I upload today’s notes. I owe you so much.

I hit “Send” on my text, and with a whoosh my message shot off to Breck. His reply was nearly instantaneous.

No problem, pal. I was looking for a fun distraction to take my mind off a problem I’m trying to solve. Happy scribbling. Best to Auntie L.

I smiled at how Breck thought that designing an entire blog and figuring out how to make it work in China was a “distraction.” And he did it in a few short hours. Oh well, we all have our skills and gifts.

Switching over to my brand-new blog, I scrolled back and forth with pride. Breck had come up with a simple design that I could easily maintain as well as a system to upload text and photos for the duration of the trip. He, Auntie Lil, and I had come up with what I thought was the perfect title on the header—Travels with Gypsy, in honor of my father’s nickname for me. I loved it all.

I sent the final link to my family and friends, put my technology away, stretched, and checked my watch. Yikes! I had been up almost all night working with my genius web friend. But I now had a government-approved blog set up and a method for uploading a daily diary. It pays to know people. Well, specifically, it pays to know Auntie Lil, I guess, because she always knew people.

Luckily I had showered last night, so all I had to do was fix my face and hair and get dressed. Auntie Lil had gone downstairs a few moments earlier to meet the group for breakfast, so I’d better not be too far behind.

The group moved back and forth from the breakfast buffet set up in a corner of the hotel’s dining room laughing and talking. I found Auntie Lil sitting with the spirited Flynn sisters, along with a new gentleman. She waved me over.

“Annalise, dear, come and meet Father John.”

Father John? This group traveled with their own priest? Well, I guess it would come in handy if anyone needed the last rites. Stop it, Annalise! That was a snarky thing to say. The real reason he was with them was so that they could celebrate Mass anywhere, since being in a country where churches were few and far between could cause a problem for a group of practicing Catholics. Father John stood to greet me, and I took in the fact that he was not wearing a clerical collar.

“Your aunt has told us all about you and your travel blog. What a wonderful idea!” Father John’s green eyes twinkled, and his smile was friendly.

“She has? I just set it up!” I shot a look to my talkative aunt as he encourage me to sit.

“Well, we think it’s a great idea,” nodded Katherine. “Lil has given us all the link to share with our families back home. They’ll love being able to have a minute-by-minute account of the trip.

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