My baby is off on her own, with 7 other 14 year old girls, in the city!  Her first foray into the center without us.  They've gone for sushi and shopping. The girls are a mix of cultures and languages.  One new girl is Brazilian, the daughter of a professional soccer player.  Two others are UN families.  Some are here with auto companies and another, like Grace, is the daughter of American mom, Italian dad. At the very least they'll be tramping along jabbering in Italian, English and German, the 3 most common languages.  Gp and I took another long walk along the Po after dropping her off.  I now have blisters.  Tonight we take Grace to her Grandparents and head out into the wine country for a birthday party.  It starts at 8:30 and will go well into the wee hours.  Actually knowing the birthday boy, he and a few cronies will have already started.  It's about 5pm now.  I'll report more on tonight after I've recovered.