Mio Zio Dave

Mio Zio came to Firenze on Friday. I had him join us for a lovely dinner catered by my lovely friend Michelangelo at his lovely trattoria Lorenzaccio on Piazza della Signoria. My favorite Piazza in Firenze. :-) We started out with meats and cheese plate of proscuitto, salami, spicy salami, and formaggio. Then Giuseppe brought out a plate of bruschetta. THEN we ordered our own main course. Dave had a spaghetti with aglio, olio, and peperocini. I had pizza prosciutto. The wine was overflowing the table with delight and humor. Many stories were told and many friends made closer. Carlos, the Brazilian(i like to call him), chatted with Dave for 25 minutes about his life, his family, and how he was introduced into my life.

"Is she an amazing girl?' Carlos said, looking at me with a hand on my shoulder.

"Yes she is." Dave replied with a smile.

We ended up at Michael Collins later that night to see the band, Last Minute Dirty Band play.
Dave was so excited to hear an band that sings in a perfect English accent, and they were Italian. :-)

By midnight, Dave wanted to head on home so Daniella and I drew him a very badly drawn map. He is like ok...if I get lost I will call. Little did he know(and also because I was drinking) I forgot that I didn't get service down in the basement of MC. Opps.

The next morning I woke up later than I wanted to, and so did Dave. "I woke up at 10, I haven't woken up that late in a long time." He said when I finally arrived at his hotel after 12:30pm. He told me the story of him getting lost finding his hotel over lunch at La Guelfa Grotta. I felt so bad, because he called both Daniella and I.

Over lunch, we talked and connected at a different level, which was great. Being my uncle and godfather I was always strongly connected to him. But after that lunch I felt more connected to my uncle. I enjoyed the walk we took to Piazzale Michelangelo and the thoughts we had once we got the top of Firenze, looking down on the gorgeous site that is my home.

We walked back down having a feeling of triumph that we worked off our lunch and had moments I never thought I would have with him. All in all, it was probably the best time I have EVER had with my Uncle Dave. The Uncle that always made us, cousins, laugh historically about absolutely everything. The Uncle that always brought humor to the dinner table at family occasions. The Uncle who has always been there whenever you needed to chat.

As I walked him to the train station, He kept telling me his thoughts about bringing his family here. I was like please do!! I love to have visitors.
"You should, this is your city and now you can show it off." He said.

I hope to see him again in Italia with my Zia Katie, and cugini, Josh, Tara, and Jordan.

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Good Night Sleep

I woke up feeling refreshed today. I am starting to make the girls bottles and the coffee in the morning. At least on the weekdays...It hasn't been too bad. I hate messing up but V always tells me if I did it wrong. I am feeling a little closer to her every day. Trying to again take it day by day, not letting somethings she says bother me from the day before. I am doing the best I can with her children. We are bonding more and more every day and I hope to have them like me even more as the months pass on.

Italian class is going well. It is good that I try to speak with my friends and other people.

Constantly speak to people. That is the key.

Speaking until I am blue in the face.

domani è un altro giorno


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A Day with a fellow dreamer

So On Thursday, (yes i know it is Saturday as I am writing this) I don't have internet that works on my computer here at the house. So the nice man Guido is lent me his computer to check my email stasera. Allora, on Giovedi I met up with a lovely lady named Tina, whom when I met her felt a instant connection. She is full of life and inspiration. I wish I had her language skills, hopefully soon I will. NO backing down now. I live in an italian home.

Anyways back to that Thursday with Tina, we had a lovely evening of wining and dining with delicious food, mouthwatering wine e grappa, e new and old friends. It was so great to be in the presence of someone who has the same drive as me. We know exactly what we want and there is no stopping us now. Pero, I am not able to put pictures on my post as of right now becuz my computer is not able to connect to this crazy italian system. Once I get the driver installed into my computer via the internet cafe I hope to have use of this system a casa. If you want to to see a good picture of us in Firenze go to Tina's blog.

When meeting someone of like minds, everything seems to make you think more clearer about yourself becuz you are expressed you true self to this like mind. Great Feeling!!

I almost forgot to mention our friend Melinda, she was supposed to meet with us but at the last moment she felt under the weather. I hope to be meeting with her in the next few days. Great thing, blog friends.

a presto

DOMANI E NUOVO GIORNO!!!