In spite of all that integration the family kept their contacts with their old Dutch friends in an intensive and faithful way, that nourished those old friends as if they were not away at all. Italy seemed suddenly round the corner. Montalto had become a district of Haarlem. In summer and Christmas holidays the family came to visit. By means of their tales, by means of telephone, by means of Internet the Dutch friends kept track of the transformation of the house in the valley. They saw the change of the ruin into a delightful spot, and their friends into half Italians. 

In 3 years the bottle with the notes can be opened. Then it will come to light how wrong the Dutch friends were. In fact they know already. The Heuvelmans family will never return.