Chef had one more gift in the goody bag today from his trip to Rome/Pompeii. Actually he had two... one of which I can show. This is a coin from the very first abbey ever built in the world. St. Benedict built the first monestary on some beautiful mountain somewhere historical. I don't remember all of the details, I just know that's where Chef spent his birthday. He went to mass... Latin mass... had communion and reflected on all his years thus far. Did I mention he's Icelandic, fluent in English and can speak German and French but the man doesn't know a lick of Latin? Anyway, he brought us back coins, blessed by the monks (or the Pope), I don't remember that part either.
The other gift that I probably shouldn't show is a refrigerator magnet that is a replica of a mosaic found painted in a brothal in Pompeii. It is absolutley hysterical and something I will share with my Grandma ~ because we are weird like that, but for the time being, I'll just keep that one to myself and off the internet. :0)
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