Mozzarella di Napoli!
Above is a picture of the amazing mozzarella that Antonio brought for us. Tonight, they made pizza at home with the remaining. I missed it because I had dinner with the family that I met last week.
Today was very long. In anticipation for a snowy morning (which never happened), our professor postponed class for 11am. This means we didn't finish until 4:15 pm. I went straight from class to Porta Romana to spend the afternoon with my family (can I call them "my" family yet?). They continued to surprise me with their hospitality. Le ragazze and I spent a few hours helping each other with Italian and English. I find it interesting that they have difficulty with sounds that they don't use in Italian. For example, we spent a lot of time practicing the "th" sound used in English. I liken it to me attempting to roll my R's.
And then I helped them cook dinner. Of course, it was fantastic:
Pepperoni
Zucca e una torta di spinaci e ricotta
During dinner, it started to snow and the whole family FREAKED out. They went out onto the terrace to watch it fall, as did every other person in the neighborhood. I guess snow is a big deal here.......
The mother gave me 2 books in Italian to read, one about the history of Siena and the other about il Palio. I feel very lucky to have connected with this family. Even in Italy, I speak English most of the time, because I live with so many Americans. It's unfortunate and ideally we would practice our Italian at home, but it is just more practical. Spending time with this family is definitely challenging my language skills. I'm seeing them again next Thursday.
Also, I had 3 caffe' today. But the 3rd one was at their house at 9pm, so it was against my will. I can't be rude right? Looks like I'm getting zero sleep tonight........
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