Saturday, while Grace and her friends cruised around the city eating sushi and trying on teeny tiny clothes, one of the moms and I went cruising on our own.  We bought some produce at the big market and stopped for a couple coffees.  We went into all sorts of wonderful clothing shops where nothing would fit me,(Italian women are built like 14 year old girls), and I couldn't afford it if it did.  But we walked and gabbed and had a good time.  Sunday was warm, in the 60's, and sunny, and I played in my little garden all day.  Our next-door neighbor is a landscaper and had all sorts of left over plants he kept handing over the hedge between us.  He gave me pansies and primroses, raspberries and a Jasmine.  I had a grand time.  Today my thighs hurt from all the squats.  Neighbors were all out on either side, yelling back and forth over the hedges and passing garden tools and fertilizer.  The gossip was about the fact that the upstairs owners, (those with terraces but no gardens), accuse the 1st floor owners of using too much water, (watering our mini yards).  The opinion amongst the downstairs folks is that the upstairs folks are jealous of our tiny bite of paradise.  GP, who loves discord, made a big show of pulling out our water meter from winter storage and installing it.  He then took a photo of the numbers on the meter to show anyone who makes accusations at the next condo meeting.  These Italians can make drama out of anything!

Grace's 9th grade class left for 4 days in Poland this morning.  They flew out at 6am so rising time was 4:30!  They are studying the Holocaust so will be visiting the Krakow ghetto, Schindler's factory and Auschwitz.  Cheery. 

Back to my studies as have 2 weeks and counting to my test!  xxoo Me