Day 4: Technology

I slept in a little later this morning, the long days and warm weather make me more tired but I am coping well with it.

This morning we went out to the big supermarket. The local one is called 'Pam' the big one was about the size of the Asda in Wakefield/Tesco in Leicester. They have smaller frozen sections and larger fruit and vegetable bits. Also, they have very large meat, fish, bread and dairy counters. The meat is huge!! 

At the supermarket there is a holder on the top of the trolley to place a machine you can pick up as you go in. This machine scans the barcodes of the items in your trolley and keeps a running total of the cost. I think they should do that in England it's a clever idea especially if you are shopping on a budget. 

We drove to the supermarket and it was very strange sitting on the right seat of the front of the car without a steering week being there! But Alessandra says that when we go to the hills there is a empty parking lot where Stefano can help me practice driving the left hand drives on the road. 

After the shopping me and the boy went to the larger park. It has a jogging circuit and play area and lots of green open space. It's not far from the flat so it's possible for me to jog there on a morning with Bea. We didn't stay long because none of Fede's friends were there, and a pre natal class were using the play area for young children. 

On the walk home we practiced speaking sentences in English. For example 'io mangio pane' (ee-o man-gee-o pan-e) is 'I eat bread' and 'Loro sono donne' (lo-row sonn-oh donn-e) is 'they are women'. 

At home we practiced more English/Italian with the phrase book and the learning app. Fede is getting better at pronunciation which is great! I keep forgetting how to pronounce January in Italian - gennaio (je-nye-o) instead I say jan-ee-o oops! 

For lunch it was penne and pesto it was very nice. Also salad with a vegetable called focchacio which is a root vegetable and tastes like aniseed, also cherries and chocolate salami (doesn't contain meat is just the shape of a salami). 

After lunch Alessadra had her Arabian language class again. Bea had a friend round so whilst they had fun me and Fede went on the wii again. Still learning English - Livello = level. We unlocked ninja and dinosaur level on the shooting game. 

When Alessadra came back we went to Massimo's patisserie again for ice cream. It is so nice! They make it all themselves. €2,50 for a two scoop ice cream, this time I had mandarino (mandarin) and crema (cream) it was very tasty. However they melted quickly because of the heat - about 28 degrees. 

After the gelati (ice creams) myself, Bea and her friend - Matilde, went back to Matilde's house, she had to pack for a church holiday camp. After that we watched a movie in English with Italian subtitles. The Alessandra and Fede went to the park. 

Then we came back about 7:15pm for dinner. We had chicken, courgette and beans (pollo, zucchini e fagioli). And after that fruit (frutta) cherries and watermelon. It's such nice weather we get to eat outside on the balcony. 

 Bea, me and Fede

After dinner I google hangouted my family  and when I called my dad I saw some of my friends too! It was nice to speak to them and for them to meet the family I'm staying with and them to meet my family. 

Ciao.