How do you spell Charades? Is that right...oh I don't have the time to look it up. Did I mention I have not gotten my lap top from CA yet (reason for no photos yet on my blog) and I am sitting in a call center where I make my calls and use the internet. It is fairly affordable, but I am not going to look up Charades:)!
Where was I before the Charades tangent...oh ya...I am at the Ciampolini home. Silvana and Paola, the house "parents" are very excited to see me (I wish so much I could recreate this first meeting scene for you!) I quickly discover that they know English LESS than I know Italian and that is not saying much!!! Silvana uses charades and hand gestures to attempt to communicate which honestly makes it more confusing!
Ya know how your great aunt so and so will give you a nice big pinch on the cheek as sort of a term of endearment? Well, Silvana's version of that is a gentle (but still startling for the first time) slap on each of my cheeks at the same time. Did you get that? It was cute...funny...made me jump a bit. Luckily, there is another American housemate -- Julia and she is from Seattle. She is 20 and knows Italian well. Later on I get to know her....and she is a super sweet young lady who is a great translator!
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