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| Elisa teaching our Italian lesson |
The medicine works, which is nice. It’s not a dreadful cold, just a little runny
nose and a lot of sneezing! This morning I decided to send the 4 fashionistas
out on a trip while the rest of us heard Eduardo Fleishner speak about Beppe
Grillo.
For those of you who don’t know about Grillo, he has been a
comedian in Italy for at least three decades and has always been outspoken
about politics. He is a pretty funny guy
with some serious points. I don’t mean that
I support him one way or another (I don’t know the deep, dark roots of his
political philosophy), just that I can appreciate what he’s doing.
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| learning Italian |
He was charged with vehicular manslaughter in the 1980s, so
he can never hold office himself, but he has created a huge political “situation”
where people have responded in the millions.
Fascinating character…we do not have one quite like him in the US.
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| happiness after a long day! |
More than any previous year, it’s rained. A lot!
And consistently. On the bright side,
I haven’t completely melted with the heat and humidity. There has still been a lot of humidity, but
manageable with the cooler weather. It
has put a damper on some plans (hahah…..pshew, I’m so funny), but we’ve managed
to get around that.
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| John & Mo |
Take tonight for example.
We had an Italian lesson with Eliza.
She did a few things differently this year and I liked it better. We met at Cadorna, which is where we usually
meet because she comes from Lugano.
Then, we walked for about 10 mins and she found a place we could sit
under cover and she conducted the lessons.
From reading the blogs, I found that some thought it was useful, others
didn’t. By the time we were done with the lessons, it was pouring, so we had to
go to plan B.
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| Look at our cute waiters! |
Plan B was not going to aperitivo at the Navigli where we would have had to sit outside, but to a
place indoors right outside the Castello called Van Bol e Feste (http://www.vanbolandfeste.it/) The aperitivo was very, very expensive (15E a
person), but since we were able to get into the Brera for free, I’m actually
ahead within the budget. I love it when
that happens. I was introduced to a new
drink tonight called the Caprissima alle Fragole. It’s a Caprissima with strawberries. Very refreshing and pleasant, not too
overpowering. Perfect for a hot day….which
it wasn’t just rainy.
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