Our first stops
were some churches. We stopped at one or
two along the way to the main one I wanted him to see. We were able to go in my favorite one, and it
was simply beautiful!! He seemed to
enjoy seeing the churches as well!
Sorry guys...still having trouble turning some of them!!
Then we spotted this organic market and made
our way to it…it did not have much, but it was by the river and it was a
beautiful day! So, I sat on the wall while he stood up next to it and we just
talked for like an hour! It was such an Italian
thing to do! We were in no hurry, the
sun was shining, and it was great conversation…about all kinds of things…being
that it was gameday…we also talked about Alabama vs. LSU. I love that we have some random things in
common and we never seem to run out of things to talk about! We slowly made our way towards the theatre,
but a different route than I’ve taken yet.
We found a cute little piazza with a nice fountain. We sat for a few
minutes, but it was too chilly with the wind blowing and not enough direct
sunlight. I then discovered that we were
at the bottom of the hill from the gardens that I saw next to the theatre. What a happy coincidence. We found it odd though that all of these pine
trees and other trees are growing alongside the palm trees! The slight hike up the garden was beautiful
though! I did something to get in the
embassy slide show, by climbing to the other side of a fence above a pond, but
no worries, no one got arrested!! ;) Anything for a picture…
We strolled
through the main area of the gardens and discovered this old outdoor theatre
that has been practically destroyed with graffiti. It looked like it would have once been an
amazing place to see a summer show…perhaps they do use it in the summer…I do
not know! We made our way to the main
theatre and found that it was still semi-closed, but the guy agreed to turn on
the lights for us so that Nick could see! I was so excited that his first words
were exactly what I thought when I
walked into the theatre for the first time a few weeks ago, “oh my gosh…it is
out of Phantom of the Opera”!! I was so
excited that he thought the same thing…and later he would hum the song so that
it was stuck in my head all day!! I was
so excited to see the theatre again, but it gave me a renewed need to see a
show there!!
We left the
theatre and made our way back to the apartment to make lunch. We made chicken, pasta with pesto and we
finished the bottle of wine. We had a
funny conversation about April Fool’s Day…I told him the story about the April
Fool’s joke that Mike and I pulled on his mother one year…
We were tired,
so we decided to watch a movie and he wanted to watch one of mine, so we
decided to watch “Eat, Pray, Love” and he really liked it!! He said that it was a really well made movie
and that he does sometimes enjoy some romantic moments. I was really happy that he loved the
movie.
Franco,
Virginia’s husband, came and brought some gifts for Nick to take to his
teacher, Anna Paola. So weird thing,
Virginia, my teacher, and Nick’s teacher, Anna Paola, are good friends. It is crazy that our teachers are good
friends.
After this we
were headed to Corso Mazzini for our passeggiata. It was so nice and relaxing just to
walk. We were in search of a restaurant,
but never found it. So, we went to the
restaurant that I went to one night…the one where I got the free appetizers,
wine, and rose; during that first week I was here. We were there kind of early, but the guy let
us sit down anyway! We had wine and
bread and ordered the same pasta that I ordered the last time, and it was just
as good. The owner guy was just as nice
as last time, and I really enjoyed the food and wine!
When we left the
restaurant we stopped to get another bottle of Calabrian wine. We ended up getting a really good bottle, but
only drinking a bit of it. We "tailgated" with it...I made Nick wear the Roll Tide beads so that he could display his true support!!
When we finished
eating, we watched, "The Help", per Nick’s suggestion. He once again loved it. However, the movie ended so late, that it was
almost time for the Alabama game to start, so we pulled it up on ESPN to watch
the live feed. We (I) actually ended up
staying awake for the entire game! There
was a moment of PANIC, but in the end WE WON!!!!!!!!!! Roll Tide!! We are amazing…too close for comfort…Roll
Tide!! I was soo sooo sooo sleepy, but it was worth knowing who won!! My momma called me right after, and I was so
excited to tell her I knew. We talked
for a few minutes…and it was nice to talk to my momma…and about something so
important. However, I will give Nick
that he was really excited for us!
Impara con me: Casalingo-
housewife
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