Che signfica 'medio'?
So we finally have the internet in our apartment. The company is called FastWeb but the 'fast' part doesn't apply to set-up time. The first woman whom Jessica spoke to was a sweetheart, promising a quick turn-around time and an email confirmation. The only problem was that she forgot to register Jessica in the system. I guess she wrote the info down on a napkin hoping to transfer it after she went to the bar for un caffe. Anyway, we're now connected and hopefully I can provide some pretty pictures and good stories as they arise. Why not start now you ask? Ok, if you insist.
A couple weeks back, we took a three day trip to Assisi, Perugia and Siena. Assisi would be our first experience with the walking tours in our Rick Steve's guidebook. We weren't sure if we would have time to complete the tour if we tried to find the hotel first so we carried our backpacks around with us all day. It ends up that Assisi is extremely small and the hotel was right next to the bus stop. Ugh. We met some fun characters including a man who talked to us about how his dog loves him more than his wife and a monk whot showed us around a small church before vanishing into thin air. Here's Jessica on the narrow streets of Assisi with the St. Francis basilica in the background.
When we woke up in Siena, it was drizzling. We stepped outside and had the entire Campo to ourselves. Here's me with my lovely rainbow umbrella. The day cleared up and we had fun climbing towers for views of the city and the surrounding Tuscan countryside.
Yesterday we went to the Dante Alighieri Society of Rome to sign up for an Italian course. Jessica decided it would be good for her to take an advanced class to fine tune her written skills. The test included only a written exam and I wasn't even sure if I was following the directions properly. Being the show-off that she is, Jessica finished it in two minutes. It took me a good ten minutes. They graded Jessica's exam and placed her in the medio class. She had misunderstood a section and the woman wouldn't move her to a more advanced class, even after Jessica spoke to her in her fluent Italian for a few minutes. They looked at my paper and also placed me in the medio class. I don't even know what medio means. So we will at least start off in the same class until Jessica moves up a couple of levels and I probably fall back one. Tomorrow morning we leave for another three day trip - this time to Pisa, Lucca and Florence - so I better get to bed.
A couple weeks back, we took a three day trip to Assisi, Perugia and Siena. Assisi would be our first experience with the walking tours in our Rick Steve's guidebook. We weren't sure if we would have time to complete the tour if we tried to find the hotel first so we carried our backpacks around with us all day. It ends up that Assisi is extremely small and the hotel was right next to the bus stop. Ugh. We met some fun characters including a man who talked to us about how his dog loves him more than his wife and a monk whot showed us around a small church before vanishing into thin air. Here's Jessica on the narrow streets of Assisi with the St. Francis basilica in the background.
When we woke up in Siena, it was drizzling. We stepped outside and had the entire Campo to ourselves. Here's me with my lovely rainbow umbrella. The day cleared up and we had fun climbing towers for views of the city and the surrounding Tuscan countryside.Yesterday we went to the Dante Alighieri Society of Rome to sign up for an Italian course. Jessica decided it would be good for her to take an advanced class to fine tune her written skills. The test included only a written exam and I wasn't even sure if I was following the directions properly. Being the show-off that she is, Jessica finished it in two minutes. It took me a good ten minutes. They graded Jessica's exam and placed her in the medio class. She had misunderstood a section and the woman wouldn't move her to a more advanced class, even after Jessica spoke to her in her fluent Italian for a few minutes. They looked at my paper and also placed me in the medio class. I don't even know what medio means. So we will at least start off in the same class until Jessica moves up a couple of levels and I probably fall back one. Tomorrow morning we leave for another three day trip - this time to Pisa, Lucca and Florence - so I better get to bed.
