getting started

I want to meet Italians so bad. I am the worst at learning unless I am constantly surrounded by the thing I am trying to learn.

I wrote an entire blog entry then my internet time was up so I lost it.

We all went to Panthos today to get free internet. It was confusing because we had to get a new ticket for every hour. I ordered vanilla tea and it was good, they brought me a little teapot, it was cute.

Alyson bought a classical guitar but she doesn’t like the way it sounds, so now we are looking for the guitar shop to compare prices if she were to exchange. She got hers for 44 euro and the next one up is 120 euro.

So now we are walking around within the walls of Macerata and there are people everywhere. I don’t want to just go home because that is boring. I stop into a café by our school and just walk in to say hi and introduce myself. There were two men working and they were super nice and fun.

After Alyson found the guitar shop I convinced her to go back to the café, Best decision ever! We talked with the two bartenders and they helped us learn Italian. Alyson is actually very good, she has studied for three semesters.

I introduced myself to everyone who walked into the café, they probably tought I was crazy.

Then Roberto came in and we met him. He spoke a little English and talked with us in Italian for about 2 hours! I was so confused by the language and I think Alyson told him I was retarted and we were all cracking up.

They were closing and Roberto bought us each a glass of wine and the bartender gave us toast pizza and paid for our coffee drinks. I can not believe how nice and patient they were. They told us for an American to speak Italian it was a treat. Italians like it when we try to speak their language. I defiantly tried but there is just so much to learn and they talk so quickly.

It really was nice just hanging out there, snacking and drinking and practicing Italian. Hopefully we go there more often.

Oh trying to explain to them why Italians didn’t want to host us because of the swine flu was very interesting. Ha, they probably think we are all sick dirty Americans now.