Nonna (Non-na) – Grandmother

            Yesterday was a day of lots of information...it started early for me about 6am I was awake and on the metro heading over to the main train station at Porta Nuova to get my actual card for my monthly metro pass….it was my first time working the metro by myself (I know win!) however, once I got to Porta Nuova the challenge really began….first of all I had to find the GTT office…thank goodness I knew how to ask for directions from someone in the news shop…once I finally found it I walked in, sat down and asked if the lady spoke English to which the bilingual response was, No. L so through broken Italian, a lot of im sorrys, and sign language, a half hour later I finally walked away with my metro card….i guess when no one speaks your language in a city that isn’t very touristy, you find you know more words than you think you do J

            After coming back home, and playing with Giacomo (who was home sick from school with a febbre, fever) I headed off for more information….it was our first day at the school and time for hours of more orientation….we covered everything from classes and choosing courses, we moved on to the really fun stuff, travels….trains, and planes…group trips and more….needless to say that’s really when we all perked up J I cant wait to get traveling, hopefully next weekend ill be off to Geneva or Brussels with a girlfriend (was supposed to be Paris but the tickets were sky high because of the short notice)….

         J it now looks totally beautiful! A few hours later Eliana’s sister, Valentina (I am in love with that name!!) came over for dinner and Paula and Ricardo left…Valentina speaks pretty good English so it was nice to be able to talk to her J and boy was dinner delicious!!! Eliana made a type of pasta that is only found in Tuscany…J she also made a pot roast and potatoes….yum yum yum J it was a wonderful day with my new Italian family (with that said, I just want to publically thank Google Translate for the 52 thousand times a day that I need it haha)….yesterday was a super busy but great great day!!

testarolie….honestly its cooked like pasta but pretty much the consistency of like a crepe…totally weird texture, but when mixed with pesto and parmesan its super good
   …finally after hours at the school it was back home to meet Eliana’s mom, Giacomo’s Nonna, Paula and let me tell you she is the perfect Italian Grandmother and exactly what I pictured….we spoke some VERY VERY broken conversations of a mix of English and Italian but it was so much fun…im finding that I have learned so much in just the last few days here….her husband Ricardo was putting together my bed and wardrobe from IKEA for my room

PS this is my little brother Giacomo...he doesnt like pictures so I took this while we were watching Brave (for the 27th time) when he was home sick from school :) isnt he the cutest??