Megamind in Italian?!?!

Today was another busy day of orientation. I don't want to bore you with how we walked around and got lost and had to go to the post office and all that nonsense. What I do want to do, is take a minute to talk about how great the food is.

I don't think I've spent nearly enough time talking about the food on this blog, and for that, I am deeply ashamed. For lunch, we found a little shop that caught our eye immediately as we were walking down the street. Maybe this will help you to understand why:

It was even more adorable in person, but I feel like a super dorky tourist taking pictures inside of these places so I try to take them quickly and subtly. I know, I'm cool...it's fine.

I got a slice of pizza and a cream filled pastry. I was in heaven. So delicious. Here...just wait a second.

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It was so good that I took a bite of it before I remembered that I should photograph it to brag to everyone about how great it was. Sorry...ok, not really. You can come to Italy and eat pastries with me any time!

Also, dinner with my host family has been great. It's really nice to have someone cook, and the food is always great. Plus, I've been getting to try new things that I don't know if I would have eaten otherwise. It's definitely one of the advantages of a home-stay!

But I also want to talk a little bit about the two highlights of today.

1. I watched Megamind in Italian and cuddled with my three-year-old host sister, Angelica. It was so peaceful and wonderful after a long day. Plus, I know all the words to Megamind already so it was a fun way to try to pick up a few Italian words. We all know how great Megamind is, so I don't need to go on and on about that :)

2. I finally got up the courage to give my Italian family the gifts I brought them. I have learned a few Italian words so I was able to say that they were gifts from America and then did an even worse job of explaining how important lilacs are to Rochester. I really only said that there are a lot of lilacs around my house but they were very appreciative. The kids were especially excited by the chocolate (obviously) and were thoroughly entertained by the silly putty, which was also extremely entertaining to explain. 

I've taken to pulling out my translation app on my phone when I'm with the kids and trying to communicate just a little bit. I helped Margharita (11yo) with one question on her English homework and Arriana (8yo) thinks it's hilarious whenever I try to translate something, but we're having fun with it.

I think that's all I want to share with you for now, but you can feel free to drool over that pastry for a while...or go watch Megamind. Either way, good choice!