The B&B I am staying at is actually in a person's home. The bed is small and skinny in the padding department (like the majority of the Italian people in Rome) but the room is big and comfortable. The shower stall, however, is not. Lordy me, how am I supposed to shave my legs? I can't even reach down to lather them up without banging my head on the wall. How do these women do it? This "becoming Italian" goal is going to be harder than I thought...
My landlord is Luca, it is his house that he shares with his German girlfriend Nicole. Both are in their early 30's. He is a "typical" northern Italian man that believes women are to be pampered, should stay at home and do everything the man says without question. Nicole is an independent German girl who doesn't speak a word of Italian and thinks Luca's way of thinking is crazy. They make a fun pair. They are extremely helpful and gracious. Last night we drank wine together, had some dinner and then drank more wine. I gave them a copy of my CD, in my attempt to become an international singing sensation. Nicole is now on the hunt for a Karaoke bar for us to go to next week. (ah, the plan is in motion!)
I fried my curling iron... Apparently it wasn't made to work in Europe. It stunk a little and Luca reminded me that I am not allowed to set fires in my room...
I bought a cell phone so I have it in case of emergency or when I need to hear a friendly voice in my ear. You know how in America, all the directions for phones and stuff are in English, German, French, Chinese, etc... Well in Italy, their just in Italian. Fancy that... Luca will help me figure that out later tonight - - before we open the bottle of wine I picked up to have with dinner.
My B&B is close to the train station and I've be doing a lot of walking to get to know my area and have seen some sites but haven't done any official tours yet because of the jet lag thing. Jet lag is a wacky thing that messes with both your mind and body. I hope to be more of 'normal' self by tomorrow.
Signing off for now, all the guest are home and the socialize has begun. Ciao ~
Shaving: think of it as enforced yoga.
ReplyDeleteCell phone: fun! thank God for that Italian class we took. ha.
Photos: I'm sooooo jealous over here!!!! Wow, the Coliseum, so amazing it was...will never forget it.
Coats: lmao at pictures of Romans dressed in COATS - with palm trees in the distance. You know here in ChiTown it was 39 frickin degrees this morning - THAT'S coat weather people! You do not get to have palm trees AND the option to wear coats at SAME time - not fair!!
Misc: Between the space enforced yoga and all the walking you will be a shadow of your former self soon! Don't change so much I don't recognize you when I get there!!
Oh and Lucca and Nicole sound great - I hope at least 1 of them speaks English?? Or do u just use a lot of hand gestures?? More about your hosts!
ReplyDeleteAnd sorry to hear about your jet lag - LOTS of WATER - it really works (honest!)