After a more-than-a-little-slow start to the spring, and a massive hiatus from yours truly from blogging, it seems that the famous Roman weather is finally in swing. That Icelandic volcano has apparently been behind the poor weather, which will probably continue to be gross through at least August, but at least for now (and the last couple of days) it's sunny. Nothing too new has happened in the last few weeks, we've just been enjoying the spring. Our team finished 2nd place at the last Pub Quiz, and fourth in the league overall, which we're pretty proud of. The picture up top is of me and my team. Work is going well, it's nice to have a source of income, at least! I have 2 weeks off in August, and we are planning a little trip around Tuscany, for which I am so excited. We stayed in Tuscany 3 years ago as a family, and I can't wait to revisit all the little hill towns and eat the delicious food. Even though Rome is in Italy, it is such a tourist city and the food is not as great as in the rest of the country. Which is not to say that I haven't had some fantastic meals. We had dinner the other night, 5 of us, and went to a little place in Trastevere that I've been to before, but the gnocchi was just fantastic. You can really ruin gnocchi. If it's too dense, it's really bad, but these were perfect fluffy pillows covered in a tomato sauce with mozzarella. Fantastic. On another note, today I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my Rosetta Stone language software. After visiting me here, and seeing how poorly my Italian has been progressing, my dad generously offered to foot the bill for the program, and I'm so excited. It's my summer project, to become at least functional by the fall. I'd like to be able to get myself around by the time we go on holiday, because I don't like having to have someone always speak for me, so here's hoping. I'm sorry I've been so lazy in posting, maybe the Italian lackadaisical quality has rubbed off on me!!! Much love to all.
