Here I am in Florence again.
It is one of my favorite cities and I'm enjoying just being here. There is no need to cast myself into the masses of tourists at the many wonderful sights the city has to offer. I've been to most of them before and now I'm allowing myself to take in Italian life.
This week, I get up early, do my Power Hour (Mighty Morning) and then hop on a bus for the trip into the center of town. Forty minutes later I get off and climb the endless stairs of a palazzo for my Italian lessons. I am investing in private lessons which are much more demanding. Maybe I'll "get" this language after all!
I am staying at a house through airbnb and what a difference to hotels it is! I can use the kitchen for my special breakfast and light suppers. There are two baths and three other guests. I can use the dining room and the living room and my bedroom is quite spacious. And it all costs about a third of what I'd pay at a hotel.
The only thing I'd like to change here in the city are the dog toilets - those are the sidewalks! I have to look down constantly and often see evidence of people who didn't. Need I explain? In Germany, dog owners get fined if their dog poops on the sidewalk and the owner doesn't get rid of it.
It is really amazing to see how slender most of the Italians are. I don't think they go into McDonalds the way the tourists do. Italians have "breakfast" of coffee and croissant, the lunch is leisure and has one or two courses and I'm not sure about dinner. I never go out in the evening to eat. I suppose the restaurants are full. At any rate, Italians don't snack the way overweight countries do.
I met a woman who has taken off for a year here in Italy. She and I went over to Bologna on the train and she zips between the French Riviera and Berlin. Now she has rented an apartment here until August. She quit her job, ditched her leeching boyfriend, rented out her house and sold her car! Now that is a fascinating woman. She wants to spend most of her time this winter writing a genealogy book.
The world is full of amazing people!
It is one of my favorite cities and I'm enjoying just being here. There is no need to cast myself into the masses of tourists at the many wonderful sights the city has to offer. I've been to most of them before and now I'm allowing myself to take in Italian life.
This week, I get up early, do my Power Hour (Mighty Morning) and then hop on a bus for the trip into the center of town. Forty minutes later I get off and climb the endless stairs of a palazzo for my Italian lessons. I am investing in private lessons which are much more demanding. Maybe I'll "get" this language after all!
I am staying at a house through airbnb and what a difference to hotels it is! I can use the kitchen for my special breakfast and light suppers. There are two baths and three other guests. I can use the dining room and the living room and my bedroom is quite spacious. And it all costs about a third of what I'd pay at a hotel.
The only thing I'd like to change here in the city are the dog toilets - those are the sidewalks! I have to look down constantly and often see evidence of people who didn't. Need I explain? In Germany, dog owners get fined if their dog poops on the sidewalk and the owner doesn't get rid of it.
It is really amazing to see how slender most of the Italians are. I don't think they go into McDonalds the way the tourists do. Italians have "breakfast" of coffee and croissant, the lunch is leisure and has one or two courses and I'm not sure about dinner. I never go out in the evening to eat. I suppose the restaurants are full. At any rate, Italians don't snack the way overweight countries do.
I met a woman who has taken off for a year here in Italy. She and I went over to Bologna on the train and she zips between the French Riviera and Berlin. Now she has rented an apartment here until August. She quit her job, ditched her leeching boyfriend, rented out her house and sold her car! Now that is a fascinating woman. She wants to spend most of her time this winter writing a genealogy book.
The world is full of amazing people!
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