In a message dated 99-07-11 01:00:37 EDT, you write:

<<  The lights of Lucca, a medieval
 walled town, also contributed to the light sky.   It was dark enough to see
 the big dipper and a couple of planets.  The white gravel on the steep road
 up the hill to our house easily marked the way.  The leaves on the olive
 trees glinted silver in the moonlight and thousands of fireflies lit up the
 terraced olive groves.
  >>
"He  kissed me slowly nibbling on my ear; where I fell into his strong
embrace before we"..... oops Ive been reading the wrong book
Hey you never finished the story  was it woopie or did you compare notes on
the masonry conditions. ...Best Michael