A Day Around Town

Some of us may have mentioned that we made a few friends at the pool—six, to be exact.  Although we had to leave, we agreed to meet them again today “nel pomeriggio”.  Since the Italian afternoon starts at four, after the pausa, we didn’t see them for quite a while despite constant trips to our famous window.  At about 4:30 Eleanor messaged Giulia, inquiring at what time “nel pomeriggio” meant, and was informed that they were already gathering in a bar (coffee shop) down the street.  So out we set.

Lucia with her gelato!

Giulia, Aurora, Lucia, Matteo, and Nicolo were there, as well as a few of their other friends, whom we learned were Alessia, Anna, and Klara.  After an Italian greeting (lots of hugs and kisses) we sauntered over to San Fortunato, and entertained ourselves by posing on the steps and taking pictures.  At this point, the boys and Aurora had to leave (more hugs and kisses), but the rest of us made our way to the park.  We promptly decided that refreshments were in order, and after the word “gelato” was passed around James would not stop saying, “Sì, sì!”  So off we set.

 

Ten minutes and several euros later, we were sitting in the shade happily licking our gelato.  Eventually, we decided to go back to the park, where we compared music (“Whistle Baby” and “Boyfriend” amused us) and generally did nothing—with the exception of James and Florence, who don’t handle sugar as well as the rest of us and ran around like lunatics.

At about 6:30 we decided that we should start heading back—although people don’t eat dinner here until 8 or 9, the others had a longer walk than we did.  We made arrangements to meet again tomorrow, and parted with—you guessed it—more hugs and kisses.

 

Ciao!

Eleonora e Nicoletta

(Eleanor and Ashley)