One Month Already!

It's been just a little over a month since I moved to Italy! When we first got here I thought I was gonna die because of my allergies, and I'm now just at the end of my coughing fits. I was beginning to think that I needed more help with my allergies because of how my dad has cronic allergies and asthma. I ended up going to the doctors and got a whole new allergy medicen set up. I was really sceptical at first but it's been slowly working.

Anyway enough of my health, when we first got here it was a bit nuts. We were getting Nate's work stuff done, breifing classes about the area, driving, and culture, finding a home to live in. We got lucky though, we didn't really have to look for a house because it found us the first weekend we got here! Haha, we were actually on a mission to get gealato when I looked over and saw a shop the sold blow dryers (I had to buy a new one because mine would of blown the transformer out) and the owner started asking us how long we've been here and it led up to if we had a place yet because he had just put an appartment up on the website! He took us to go look and I immeditly said "YES!" So we are now living here just waiting for our home things to get here, which hopefully it all should be here this week or next week!

Back to the first week we got here we had to sit in classes and what not about Italy, and since we alreay found a house we had a free day. Well we got lucky again and our car got in that day and we spent the day doing paperwork and what not for our car! That ment we didn't have to have our sponor to dive us around! We were really excited, except the fact that we were going on a tour the next day to see the town around us and go to a local winery for wine tasting. So we got a ride with our sponsor for that day. We had to because here in Italy you are not allowed what so ever to drink and drive otherwise there are major consiquinses (getting your car taken away with lincese and you cannot get it back). So the percent that you are able in your body is 0.02 percent! Which is good because it makes you responsable... maybe they should bring this back to the states...

But yes, so far everything has been pretty good here. I don't want to say we live in a city because even the nearest city is not a city. I would say more of a large village and the city that we live in a a small kind of farm town. It's really cute we have cows and sheep a couple blocks over and then vinyards everywhere! It's really not what I expected here. there is no 24 hour Walmart and when there is an Italian holiday everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) shuts down. They also have something here called "riposo" (rest) that happends between noon and 3pm here where they will close shop and have a few hour lunch/nap break during the week day. You you pretty much have to plan everything around all this and even holidays. For example, I didn't know it was a holiday and the commasay and bx was closed on base! I was sitting there at the entrance going "WTF?!" Haha but this is Italy and I have to follow and respect thier customs even if I don't agree with them. Oh and it seems like thier favorite word here is "domani" meaning tomorrow. Oh gosh, don't get me started, but there is a saying here which is "why do today what you can do tomorrow" haha I guess being an American, I like things fast and efficent... well you're not gonna get that here that's for sure!

Haha, so far this has been a pretty interesting adjustment in my life. I'm starting to learn more Italian because we have the nicest lady that lives in the appartment underneath us who had been saying hi and making small conversations with us in Italian and we know so little we feel bad because half the time we have no idea what she is saying! Haha oh dear, thank God for dictionarys and phone translators and knowing some spanish to get by somewhat! Oh and the food here is amazing! Some how I've been here for a month and have not tried spagetti and meat sauce yet, but I've tried other pasta... I need to do that next time I go out but anyway oh the food! It is sooo yummy and the pizza and deserts... I need to start watching my waist because I need to lose weight not gain it! Well till the next time.

Your fresh pasta eating friend, Jaynon