Well like the title implies my plans for the rest of 2007 are official. I have accepted my family's offer to come back to Italy in September and stay through December. This evening I bought my plane ticket and will be leaving Houston on the 29th of August and will come back home on December 16th. I have also taken a job as an assistant to the designer (all you "Office" fans out there) for MAG Designs here in Torino. The firm specializes in residential design and most clients are from London. So there may be a small chance I will go to London for business meetings. During the mornings I will work as a designer and at night as an au pair. I look at it like a super hero job....Have a "real" job in the day and fight crime at night :-) I am really excited about getting the opportunity to do design in Italy and come back to this amazing family. I will admit that I know it will be challenging but I feel this is where God wants me to be. Throughout this trip and the months to come I often recite my favorite memory verse "I am holding you by your right hand-I, the Lord your God. And I say to you, "Do not be afraid. I am here to help you..." Isaiah 41:13.
For the next couple of days I will be staying with my friend Christiana, who lives above us, and may not have internet access. But I will try and post if I am around the internet. I love and miss you all and can't wait to see you in August!!
Monday, July 23, 2007
Food Fight
One day in counting till the family goes to USA and I am on vacation. I am getting really excited for them and that's what everyone is talking about. "In New York City do they have large elevators?" "Will we see that in America?" But my favorite is when Ruggie told me that they couldn't eat the icecream in America because it has so much sugar it will rot your teeth out. I tried to tell him that I love icecream and I have good teeth but we got lost in translation.
Filippo went to his grandmother's today and I kept Ruggero. It was a peaceful day for the most part except for the food fight. The struggle started after breakfast when I noticed there was a banana going bad so I decided to make banana bread. I got everything mixed and then went to the fridge to get the milk and discovered there wasn't any. I made a special trip to the market to buy a tiny carton and then proceeded. For lunch I was in charge of cooking hamburgers and pasta (a know a weird combo) for Ruggie and myself. I haven't ever pan cooked a hamburger patty so I was struggling a bit. The oil got everywhere and the burgers turned out with no flavor---thank goodness for ketchup. After lunch I put the banana mixture into the oven and waited for it to get done. Well apparently I waited too long because I totally burned the bread to a crisp. After cleaning that mess up I took a nap with Ruggero. For dinner Pat brought home Lasanga--I know it's hard to believe that I've been in Italy for 9 weeks and this is my first Lasanga, but well worth the wait. For me at least. The boys wouldn't eat theirs so I fixed them grilled cheeses...well kinda. They didn't have sliced bread so I used tiny dinner rolls and put them in a pan to melt the cheese inside. They didn't look very good to me but the boys ate 'em up (pardon the pun).. Finally the "food fight" was over and now I am headed to bed...Buona Notte and sweet dreams
Filippo went to his grandmother's today and I kept Ruggero. It was a peaceful day for the most part except for the food fight. The struggle started after breakfast when I noticed there was a banana going bad so I decided to make banana bread. I got everything mixed and then went to the fridge to get the milk and discovered there wasn't any. I made a special trip to the market to buy a tiny carton and then proceeded. For lunch I was in charge of cooking hamburgers and pasta (a know a weird combo) for Ruggie and myself. I haven't ever pan cooked a hamburger patty so I was struggling a bit. The oil got everywhere and the burgers turned out with no flavor---thank goodness for ketchup. After lunch I put the banana mixture into the oven and waited for it to get done. Well apparently I waited too long because I totally burned the bread to a crisp. After cleaning that mess up I took a nap with Ruggero. For dinner Pat brought home Lasanga--I know it's hard to believe that I've been in Italy for 9 weeks and this is my first Lasanga, but well worth the wait. For me at least. The boys wouldn't eat theirs so I fixed them grilled cheeses...well kinda. They didn't have sliced bread so I used tiny dinner rolls and put them in a pan to melt the cheese inside. They didn't look very good to me but the boys ate 'em up (pardon the pun).. Finally the "food fight" was over and now I am headed to bed...Buona Notte and sweet dreams
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Romeo Romeo, where thou art Romeo
This weekend was amazing. I took at train to Verona at 2 in the afternoon on Saturday. The ride took a little over three hours. I listened to a little "Blue Eyes" while we whipped through the beautiful countryside. When I arrived I headed for what I thought was the ticket booth for the Opera, but got lost so I asked a girl on the street and she pointed me into the right direction. Once I found the Arena, I picked up me Opera ticket and went looking for my hostel. The hostel was supper nice but very hot. The lady took me to my room and I felt like I was going through a maze. The room was on the top floor at the very back of the building. She showed me my bed (I was staying in a dorm with other girls) it was on the top floor of a loft in the corner. I met the girl staying next to me. Her name is Helen and she is from Kent even though she now lives in London. She is 24 and just traveling around Europe for 4 weeks. Last year she traveled Asia for eight months! So I guess you could say she's an experienced backpacker. After I changed clothes (and tried to get cool) I went to the main piazza where the arena was to try and find dinner. I settled on a pizza place and ordered a slice to go. I went across the street and had a picnic in the park next to a fountain. The pizza was very strange for Italy because it tasted like Pizza Hut (not as good though)-which means there was a lot of bread and it was thick. Normal Italian pizza is very thin and almost runny in the middle. I headed inside the arena just before 8:30 to find a good seat. The ampitheater had hard stone seating so I brought my towel to sit on. I found a perfect seat just off stage right and tried to get comfortable. The Opera was La Bohiem by Puccini and was amazing. I read the summary before I came so that I would have an idea of what was going on. This was helpful and I managed to keep up with the performers. It lasted just a little over 3 hours but was worth the train ride and the non air conditioned hostel. The next day (Sunday) I had to check out by nine, so I went for breakfast in Piazza Erbe. I took my time drinking my cappuccino and did a little people watching. After breakfast a spent the rest of the morning looking at local vendors products in the piazza, trying on clothes in nice air conditioned stores. At 11:30 I went to the castle in the middle of the city, which was built for the Lord of Verona during the Medival Times. It is now a wonderful art museum that has many works from the 13th-14th centuries. After my art tour I went back to Piazza Bra to meet my new friend, Helen for lunch. We had a great conversation about traveling and family and then walked around Verona for awhile. We went to Juilet's(from Romeo and Juliet) famous balcony and saw the outside of her house. (this is the house of the family that inspired the famous tale which Shakespear made into the classic story we know today). I had a few hours to spare after lunch so I went to Piazza Erbe and walked around and had some interesting conversations with some vendors. There was an older brother and sister that I talked to for awhile (both in Italian and English) and eventually bought some things from. At 3:30 I walked to the train station and rode the train back to beautiful Torino. I arrived around 9 and made it home in time to eat dinner with the family. We are gearing up for the last two days before they leave so you can feel excitement (and tension) in the air. I loved visiting Verona and even though I didn't find my Romeo, I found a wonderful city full of memories.
PS All the Verona pictures are posted
PS All the Verona pictures are posted
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wild Goose Chase
The marathon of interviews are finally over and I'm pooped. Today was none stop and I counted I only sat down 5 times (not counting the interviews). After breakfast and my daily chores I went to the train station to meet my American friend Lindsey. I was a little early so I decided to go buy my train ticket for Verona. I didn't have to wait in line hardly at all and when I got to the window I asked the older man if he spoke English. He grinned and said yes. He was so helpful and kind. I was asking him what time I could leave on Sunday afternoon from Verona when a huge man behind me started yelling Sinorgina, Sinorgina. I turned around and in English he very rudely told me to go to information because he was about to miss his train. The man in the window didn't like him yelling at me and starting yelling at him in Italian to shut up and go to another window and that I was trying to buy my ticket. I was the filling of an "angry sandwich". Not sure I really liked playing that role but I was glad the man stood up for me. They didn't have any tickets available back from Verona cause it was too far in advance so I will have to try again tomorrow. I'm really hoping that man caught his train cause I don't want to see him again.
I met up with Lindsey and took her to two open air markets were we did a little shopping. We bought forcacca (like pizza but with more oil and it is rectangular) and cokes and had a picnic in the park. We had another great conversation about books, family and life happenings. When lunch was over I went back to the house to change for my first interview and checked the map to see were it was. I left the house an hour early because by my calculations I was very far away. Well apparently I can't read maps very well. Turns out I was only about 25 mins away so I had a long time to wait. This was unfortunate because it was very hot and the studio is in a scary part of town. But I found shelter in a cafe and had some water. When I arrived to the studio only one woman was there cause everyone else was at lunch. She seemed nice but only talked to me for 15 minutes!! I couldn't believe it. She showed me some of her work and told me what I might be doing if I got the job. I liked there work but didn't really feel welcome so I wasn't really head over heels in love with this one....which is good cause it's one less I have to worry about. I took the bus straight to the park becuase I knew if I went home I would fall asleep. The ride took almost 1 hour but I was still 30 minutes early. So I sat in the park and read USA Today that Alberto had brought me back from Rome on Tuesday. I took the boys straight back to the house instead of stopping for gelato because I had another interivew at 5:30. Pat's sister, Chinsia, was waiting on us and took the boys while I went to the meeting. I took a taxi and savored every minute of the ac time. The interview was in the heart of downtown and very far away from my house. When the taxi let me out I was in a scary neighborhood (so I thought) and the address didn't turn out to be right. I was kinda freaking out cause I didn't have the office number and didn't really know where i was. I asked two guys and they couldn't really speak English but they took me across the street to a Western Union where the guy inside could. He had never heard of it and didn't really understand what I was looking for. But luckily there was a lady being waited on that spoke English. When she was finished faxing something she went with me to try and find it. She is French but lived in USA for 15 (most of it in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami). I really appreciated her helping me and at exactly 5:30 we found the office. (It was tucked away in an old warehouse away from the main street---without help I would have never found it. A guy came out and took me to a cafe right next door where we had the interview. This company is more than architectural. They do mostly exhibits and company design. They do do interior design but in a different setting than what I am use to. He was really nice and we had a great conversation but he just hired two new interns so he doesn't have room for me. I told him I understand and that it wasn't a problem. I took my time getting back to the house and explored downtown. It was the perfect time of day because people were getting off work and businesses were still open. The cafes were filled with people and the streets smelled like coffee, gelato and fresh produce from the open air market. When I got home the boys weren't home yet so I took a brief nap on the marble stairs....Chinsia had my keys. When they got home Chinsia dropped us off at a pizza place to meet her mother for dinner. When we got home I put the boys to bed---poor guys, it is so hot in their rooms they only sleep in shorts and are still drenched in sweat. This was a very productive day but I couldn't help but feel like I was on a wild goose chase going from one appointment to another---walking, taxi, bus, car, tram, All that's missing is a boat.
I met up with Lindsey and took her to two open air markets were we did a little shopping. We bought forcacca (like pizza but with more oil and it is rectangular) and cokes and had a picnic in the park. We had another great conversation about books, family and life happenings. When lunch was over I went back to the house to change for my first interview and checked the map to see were it was. I left the house an hour early because by my calculations I was very far away. Well apparently I can't read maps very well. Turns out I was only about 25 mins away so I had a long time to wait. This was unfortunate because it was very hot and the studio is in a scary part of town. But I found shelter in a cafe and had some water. When I arrived to the studio only one woman was there cause everyone else was at lunch. She seemed nice but only talked to me for 15 minutes!! I couldn't believe it. She showed me some of her work and told me what I might be doing if I got the job. I liked there work but didn't really feel welcome so I wasn't really head over heels in love with this one....which is good cause it's one less I have to worry about. I took the bus straight to the park becuase I knew if I went home I would fall asleep. The ride took almost 1 hour but I was still 30 minutes early. So I sat in the park and read USA Today that Alberto had brought me back from Rome on Tuesday. I took the boys straight back to the house instead of stopping for gelato because I had another interivew at 5:30. Pat's sister, Chinsia, was waiting on us and took the boys while I went to the meeting. I took a taxi and savored every minute of the ac time. The interview was in the heart of downtown and very far away from my house. When the taxi let me out I was in a scary neighborhood (so I thought) and the address didn't turn out to be right. I was kinda freaking out cause I didn't have the office number and didn't really know where i was. I asked two guys and they couldn't really speak English but they took me across the street to a Western Union where the guy inside could. He had never heard of it and didn't really understand what I was looking for. But luckily there was a lady being waited on that spoke English. When she was finished faxing something she went with me to try and find it. She is French but lived in USA for 15 (most of it in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami). I really appreciated her helping me and at exactly 5:30 we found the office. (It was tucked away in an old warehouse away from the main street---without help I would have never found it. A guy came out and took me to a cafe right next door where we had the interview. This company is more than architectural. They do mostly exhibits and company design. They do do interior design but in a different setting than what I am use to. He was really nice and we had a great conversation but he just hired two new interns so he doesn't have room for me. I told him I understand and that it wasn't a problem. I took my time getting back to the house and explored downtown. It was the perfect time of day because people were getting off work and businesses were still open. The cafes were filled with people and the streets smelled like coffee, gelato and fresh produce from the open air market. When I got home the boys weren't home yet so I took a brief nap on the marble stairs....Chinsia had my keys. When they got home Chinsia dropped us off at a pizza place to meet her mother for dinner. When we got home I put the boys to bed---poor guys, it is so hot in their rooms they only sleep in shorts and are still drenched in sweat. This was a very productive day but I couldn't help but feel like I was on a wild goose chase going from one appointment to another---walking, taxi, bus, car, tram, All that's missing is a boat.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Interview Marathon
Okay first of all I apologize for not blogging in three days....
Monday was a very slow paced, just like I like it. I spent most of the morning pretending to be a travel agent and booked some places for me to visit after the family leaves for USA. Attenzione!! This weekend I am stoked to say that I am taking the train to Verona (the home of Romeo and Juliet and Patrick in Taming of the Shrew). It is a very small town (4000 people) and only a few sites to see. I am planning on leaving at 2 in the afternoon and should arrive at fivish. That night I am going to the Italian Opera in Italy's oldest theatre!! I am going to see La Boheme by Puccini. I am really looking forward to this trip and ready to experience my first live Opera (the Magic Flute does not count because it was a film). I picked the boys up from camp and made our commute back to the house. I don't want to jinx myself but the boys were amazing today. They didn't really fight with each other or me and we played cards for two hours when we got home....oh if everyday was like this
On Tuesday I started the Marathon of Interviews. Okay really the race began last Wednesday but this week is jammed packed with them. On Tuesday morning I had one at 10 just about 7 minutes walk from my door. The woman works from home (the coolest apartment I've been in thus far) Her office is up this hidden winding stair case in a room that is full of floor cushions and drapes hanging from the ceiling. It was very Indian feeling. Her office is a large room with a dome ceiling with a wall of windows on the East side. Each window is supported by antique looking columns. The room was your typical office with computers, printers, and product catalogs all over a drafting table. She was extremely nice and we talked for almost 2 hours. She told me I had the job if I wanted it but to let her know by Monday after I have talked it over with my family and my Italian family. Her work was great and I was suprised to see that I learned just about everything she does at Tech so I was a little more confident in myself when I left. I went almost directly downtown to another interview when I left her amazing apartment. This studio specializes in Hotel and Commercial design but they do do some residential. The studio consisted of three designers and a parrot named Oscar. He sat on a desk tapping his foot while the architects drew plans on their computers (No I am not making this up). The office was full of graphic art (like Warhol type art) and they have an outdoor bamboo garden and terrace to eat lunch on. Their work is stunning but I was a little intimidated and the guy I interviewed with had a very thick accent so it was hard for me to understand him at times. He said that I could have the job if I wanted it but right now I think I will pass just because the language barrier is a big concern. When I got home I had just enough time to change and then get the boys. We played another game of cards and I showed Filippo how to play solitare.
Today (Wednesday) I had another interview at 10 (for you at home not keeping score that's 3 in 24 hours). This studio was bigger than all the other ones I met with this week. They had 10-15 people working and several international people. The principle was a little late meeting me but when the interview started he was very professional and interested in me. He asked a lot of questions and then showed me a brochure of their work. They have done a ton of work for the city of Torino and were very active in the design for the Olympic games. It was really incredible just to meet with all these different firms and see the amazing work that is going on throughout the world. Paolo's English was really good and I felt at ease in the studio (again another amazing looking office that is graphically pleasing and interesting). He told me that I could have the internship if I wanted it and just needed to let him know by Monday. I spent the rest of my afternoon walking downtown and going down streets I had never seen before. I absolutely love downtown and Torino in general. People are so friendly and it is the cleanest city I've seen in Europe.
The final leg of the marathon will start at 2 pm tomorrow and will end around 6:30 (I have an interview at 5:30). Then on to the hardest part, the cool down, or making up my mind what to do-Should I stay or should I go....That is the question!
Monday was a very slow paced, just like I like it. I spent most of the morning pretending to be a travel agent and booked some places for me to visit after the family leaves for USA. Attenzione!! This weekend I am stoked to say that I am taking the train to Verona (the home of Romeo and Juliet and Patrick in Taming of the Shrew). It is a very small town (4000 people) and only a few sites to see. I am planning on leaving at 2 in the afternoon and should arrive at fivish. That night I am going to the Italian Opera in Italy's oldest theatre!! I am going to see La Boheme by Puccini. I am really looking forward to this trip and ready to experience my first live Opera (the Magic Flute does not count because it was a film). I picked the boys up from camp and made our commute back to the house. I don't want to jinx myself but the boys were amazing today. They didn't really fight with each other or me and we played cards for two hours when we got home....oh if everyday was like this
On Tuesday I started the Marathon of Interviews. Okay really the race began last Wednesday but this week is jammed packed with them. On Tuesday morning I had one at 10 just about 7 minutes walk from my door. The woman works from home (the coolest apartment I've been in thus far) Her office is up this hidden winding stair case in a room that is full of floor cushions and drapes hanging from the ceiling. It was very Indian feeling. Her office is a large room with a dome ceiling with a wall of windows on the East side. Each window is supported by antique looking columns. The room was your typical office with computers, printers, and product catalogs all over a drafting table. She was extremely nice and we talked for almost 2 hours. She told me I had the job if I wanted it but to let her know by Monday after I have talked it over with my family and my Italian family. Her work was great and I was suprised to see that I learned just about everything she does at Tech so I was a little more confident in myself when I left. I went almost directly downtown to another interview when I left her amazing apartment. This studio specializes in Hotel and Commercial design but they do do some residential. The studio consisted of three designers and a parrot named Oscar. He sat on a desk tapping his foot while the architects drew plans on their computers (No I am not making this up). The office was full of graphic art (like Warhol type art) and they have an outdoor bamboo garden and terrace to eat lunch on. Their work is stunning but I was a little intimidated and the guy I interviewed with had a very thick accent so it was hard for me to understand him at times. He said that I could have the job if I wanted it but right now I think I will pass just because the language barrier is a big concern. When I got home I had just enough time to change and then get the boys. We played another game of cards and I showed Filippo how to play solitare.
Today (Wednesday) I had another interview at 10 (for you at home not keeping score that's 3 in 24 hours). This studio was bigger than all the other ones I met with this week. They had 10-15 people working and several international people. The principle was a little late meeting me but when the interview started he was very professional and interested in me. He asked a lot of questions and then showed me a brochure of their work. They have done a ton of work for the city of Torino and were very active in the design for the Olympic games. It was really incredible just to meet with all these different firms and see the amazing work that is going on throughout the world. Paolo's English was really good and I felt at ease in the studio (again another amazing looking office that is graphically pleasing and interesting). He told me that I could have the internship if I wanted it and just needed to let him know by Monday. I spent the rest of my afternoon walking downtown and going down streets I had never seen before. I absolutely love downtown and Torino in general. People are so friendly and it is the cleanest city I've seen in Europe.
The final leg of the marathon will start at 2 pm tomorrow and will end around 6:30 (I have an interview at 5:30). Then on to the hardest part, the cool down, or making up my mind what to do-Should I stay or should I go....That is the question!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Professor Plum in the Study with the Knife
Saturday didn't start as early as I thought but still would have liked to sleep in. When I got around the boys were watching cartoons and eating breakfast. I had some cereal and got dressed for the day. I played with the boys after tv time and then took them to the park across the street. When we got home Pat arrived shortly after us and she fixed a simple lunch of shrimp and pasta, salad, and fruit. After we ate she took the boys to a swimming pool with her sister. My time off had officially started. I went downtown and did some shopping. I found this awsome little book store tucked away from the busy street. The upstairs is devoted to English books so I skimmed the shelves looking for something interesting. I am on a mission to find the "perfect Italian dress" for a wedding I'm going to when I get back to the states, so I spent the rest of the afternoon searching in vain. Better luck next time I guess. I walked home dissappointed but still cheerful (I stopped to get some gelato and ate it in a beautiful Piazza-does the trick everytime). When I got home I fixed French toast, ham and eggs for dinner and the family were amazed. They had already eaten but said that sometime I need to fix it for them. I'm thinking of starting a new chain of restaurants, IHOFT-international house of french toast (catchy right?).
Today I slept in until 9 and then got ready for church. There were some new faces there. A girl from Italy but spoke good English with an British accent (weird). There was also a couple from Yorkshire, England but have lived in Torino for 6 months. The sermon wasn't much but the preacher's ability to tell stories is very entertaining. He is so lively and enthusiastic you can't help but get excited. He read the whole story of David and Goliath. I know the story by heart but it sounded new with his version. At the end of the service we sang a hymn from South Africa and he asked us to march around the room while we sang. There was a lot of giggling.
After church I planned to meet up with John and Lindsey to go to a shopping center in Torino. We took a seven minute train ride to a shopping mall that is inside an old Fiat warehouse. Outside there were several new Fiat models on display that you could sit in and check out. I thought they were very nice and cute (they kinda looked like Herbie in the 21st century). Inside the mall we walked around and looked for Lindsey some shorts (and I continued to look for THE dress) We went into a toy store to get some presents for their nieces and nephews. But while we were searching I found a present for me.....A travel clue game!! For you that don't know, clue is my favorite board game and I was thrilled to find one that was in Italian, plus it fits in my bag so I can play it during my travels (a good way to make friends on the train don't you think?) We went back to their apartment and played two games of Clue. I had a good time hanging out even though I never won. I also taught them to play the movie game and we played that for about an hour :-) It was getting late in the evening so I went to get something to eat for dinner and came home to an empty house. Today is Alberto's 45th birthday so I figured that they had gone out to celebrate. Tomorrow starts the last full week I have with them until they leave for the USA. I can't believe my stay has gone by so fast. So when I get back to the states who's up for a game night? I'll bring Italian Clue!!
Today I slept in until 9 and then got ready for church. There were some new faces there. A girl from Italy but spoke good English with an British accent (weird). There was also a couple from Yorkshire, England but have lived in Torino for 6 months. The sermon wasn't much but the preacher's ability to tell stories is very entertaining. He is so lively and enthusiastic you can't help but get excited. He read the whole story of David and Goliath. I know the story by heart but it sounded new with his version. At the end of the service we sang a hymn from South Africa and he asked us to march around the room while we sang. There was a lot of giggling.
After church I planned to meet up with John and Lindsey to go to a shopping center in Torino. We took a seven minute train ride to a shopping mall that is inside an old Fiat warehouse. Outside there were several new Fiat models on display that you could sit in and check out. I thought they were very nice and cute (they kinda looked like Herbie in the 21st century). Inside the mall we walked around and looked for Lindsey some shorts (and I continued to look for THE dress) We went into a toy store to get some presents for their nieces and nephews. But while we were searching I found a present for me.....A travel clue game!! For you that don't know, clue is my favorite board game and I was thrilled to find one that was in Italian, plus it fits in my bag so I can play it during my travels (a good way to make friends on the train don't you think?) We went back to their apartment and played two games of Clue. I had a good time hanging out even though I never won. I also taught them to play the movie game and we played that for about an hour :-) It was getting late in the evening so I went to get something to eat for dinner and came home to an empty house. Today is Alberto's 45th birthday so I figured that they had gone out to celebrate. Tomorrow starts the last full week I have with them until they leave for the USA. I can't believe my stay has gone by so fast. So when I get back to the states who's up for a game night? I'll bring Italian Clue!!
Saturday, July 14, 2007
The Magical Flute
Friday 13th 2007
I started my day with a strong cup of coffee because when I woke up I could definately feel the events of the week, which made it that much harder to get out of bed. To my relief I was not the only one having a hard time. We were all slow to get around and the boys were late to camp because they wouldn't get out of bed. After the caffine kicked in I went to an open market to look around until time to meet a friend for lunch. While I was looking at various articles I ran into another nanny, Lonnie and her bambino, Peter. We talked for almost an hour and then I headed to meet my American friend Lindsey. We ate lunch in this quiant little restaurant and had a really good conversation. At this point my coffee had worn off so I went back to the house to take a nap before I had to collect the boys. When we got back from camp we found that Pat was home from work. She took us to the grocery store and to the hardware store. I really enjoyed going to the supermarket because it was a bigger than the one I go to to buy simple things like eggs and milk. It was the size of a United or HEB. When we got home I got ready to go downtown because I was meeting my American friends for a late movie (late is 8 o'clock). The only movie showing in English in the city was a Kenneth Branagh film, "The Magic Flute." It was an opera adapted to the screen and one of the weirdest movies I've seen to date. It was very entertaining because I was trying to figure out what was going on and the story line even though the movie was in English. I ended up reading the subtitles for part and oddly enough this helped explain what they said. Over all it was something that we could laugh at and makes for a good story but I wouldn't suggest any of you renting it. When I got home I went straight to bed and there I hoped to stay for a long time....but then I remember that the boys get up at 7:30 to watch tv....darn cartoons!!
I started my day with a strong cup of coffee because when I woke up I could definately feel the events of the week, which made it that much harder to get out of bed. To my relief I was not the only one having a hard time. We were all slow to get around and the boys were late to camp because they wouldn't get out of bed. After the caffine kicked in I went to an open market to look around until time to meet a friend for lunch. While I was looking at various articles I ran into another nanny, Lonnie and her bambino, Peter. We talked for almost an hour and then I headed to meet my American friend Lindsey. We ate lunch in this quiant little restaurant and had a really good conversation. At this point my coffee had worn off so I went back to the house to take a nap before I had to collect the boys. When we got back from camp we found that Pat was home from work. She took us to the grocery store and to the hardware store. I really enjoyed going to the supermarket because it was a bigger than the one I go to to buy simple things like eggs and milk. It was the size of a United or HEB. When we got home I got ready to go downtown because I was meeting my American friends for a late movie (late is 8 o'clock). The only movie showing in English in the city was a Kenneth Branagh film, "The Magic Flute." It was an opera adapted to the screen and one of the weirdest movies I've seen to date. It was very entertaining because I was trying to figure out what was going on and the story line even though the movie was in English. I ended up reading the subtitles for part and oddly enough this helped explain what they said. Over all it was something that we could laugh at and makes for a good story but I wouldn't suggest any of you renting it. When I got home I went straight to bed and there I hoped to stay for a long time....but then I remember that the boys get up at 7:30 to watch tv....darn cartoons!!
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