Monday Monday

Okay so I don’t know what’s wrong with this weather but last week was July-August weather and for the last 4 days it has been winter. This morning we had to bundle up just to go outside. I guess in a way I am glad I got to experience all the seasons since I will just be here two months.

Language school today was very frustrating because my other classmate never shuts-up and it is hard to learn this language when he is talking but not correctly. He is a very nice guy he just likes to talk a lot. It is also frustrating because he has studied Italian for months now and is ahead of me. However, I am catching up with him quickly….so thank you Mrs. Randolph.

I only had to pick Filippo up from school today because Pat thought it would be too hard for me to handle both. But at four I had to take both to the swimming pool (pascina). Last week was a nightmare with only one kid so I was worried about having two this week. It turned out to be fine. There was a mother and a grandmother of two other boys there that helped me with the youngest and showed me where to go. I made two more friends this week. The mother is from Croatia and can speak a little English. The grandmother is so sweet and sent home some birthday cake for Filippo and I because we missed her grandson’s birthday party over the weekend. When we finally got home we only had an hour to eat and get ready because Alberto took Filippo and I to see the Harlem Globetrotters!! The show was held in one of the new buildings (Torino Palasport Olimpico) built for the Winter Olympics by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. In fact it was the building where speed skating and hockey took place. The building was absolutely incredible. Very modern and contemporary, all the chairs were clear plastic so it looked like everything in the building was made of ice. The show itself was corny. I enjoyed parts of it but by the end I was a little embarrassed for the US. The tricks they did were fantastic but the side commentary was over the top. I felt bad for the commentator because he was American and every time he said stand up or put your hands together there was no response. Two upsides to the evening: Filippo loved it and they played some great American music.