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Back from Europe
Aug. 23rd, 2008 08:34 pmWe got back from Italy today, with only about 10,000 things going wrong, the worst of which was the nasty cold I came down with on about our second day of vacation, which led to hitting rock bottom in Florence, so instead of spending the day touring one of the loveliest cities in the world, I slept.
On the other hand, I now know the Italian words for "painkiller" (calmante) and "decongestant." (decongestivo.) Just in case you need to go into a farmacia and ask for them.
But, husband's family was very very nice, such lovely people I can't even describe to you. They showered us with gifts and impossible amounts of wonderful food, and it is hard to express to little old Italian grannies in your broken Italian that you have already had two pieces of torta, thank you, when they are telling you mangia bene, mangia bene. As a parting gift, husband's cousin Mario gave all of us absolutely ginormous pieces of parmigiano reggiano. Seriously, it must weigh a kilo.
More once I've slept.
On the other hand, I now know the Italian words for "painkiller" (calmante) and "decongestant." (decongestivo.) Just in case you need to go into a farmacia and ask for them.
But, husband's family was very very nice, such lovely people I can't even describe to you. They showered us with gifts and impossible amounts of wonderful food, and it is hard to express to little old Italian grannies in your broken Italian that you have already had two pieces of torta, thank you, when they are telling you mangia bene, mangia bene. As a parting gift, husband's cousin Mario gave all of us absolutely ginormous pieces of parmigiano reggiano. Seriously, it must weigh a kilo.
More once I've slept.
