So this morning it was in the low forties so I decided to go running. I looked at the map and wrote down on an index card where I wanted to go (I wanted to run by three apartments that I wanted to possibly rent (as you can tell from my blog I am not happy with my current space). I got to the area I was going to head south and decided I didn’t want to run the route I had planned as it was longer than expected and I have not been running for a really long time. I thought I could figure it out but then I got lost. I mean LOST. For those of you know that know me well you know that this was a crisis for me...The Human Map.
I crossed the Po River (or what I thought was the Po) and was so confused as I didn’t think I should be crossing it. And for the record I only crossed it once (I think) so I have NO idea how that happened or how I got home. I asked directions to a woman…didn’t understand a word. I kept walking. Then I asked another person and he told me to go right and then right but it was a dead end so I just kept walking. Then I though..wait I have a garmin watch…I put it on the compass then realized I didn’t even know what direction I needed to be going even if I knew what direction I was currently headed in. I asked directions from third person and understood what she meant except she told me to go left and pointed right (all in Italian of course but I made sure I learned my directions before I got here!). I followed the directions to the piazza and finally recognized where I was. Like always I just happened to be on the right road! All told 3.88 miles!
The studio is starting English lessons (taught by a British woman who has lived in Italy for 29 years) for all of its employees. There are five groups of one to four people in each group. I went to the lesson with my officemates Veronica and Elena and another colleague Massimo. We went over basic verb tenses. Did anyone know there are twelve forms of active verbs? I sure didn't. The teacher did mention that the Americans do not use the verb tenses properly and I tend to agree. I mean I rarely use the phrase "I will have been writing" when I speak. My three classmates were very concerned (two of which speak english pretty good) about all these tenses. I told them I only used four! That made them feel much better!
In other news the apartment search is going well...I think. I found a couple places online a couple days ago and emailed for information. Last night I received an email back and wanted to view two of the ones that were available. Elena called the agency for me and they said they were not available to view in person that all the pictures were online. This concerned Elena and Sandro (the computer expert who is helping set up the computer for the girl who will be starting on Monday and sharing our office). Sandro made a few calls and was able to set up an appointment for me tomorrow afternoon to view it. Keep your fingers crossed!
Oh and before anyone asks I did not find my salad today. I was all set to get it at the usual place (the Torino Goodwin's) but they had penne arrabbiata for the special and it is my favorite so of course I got that! For dinner I made tortellini with artichokes in arrabbiata sauce. I use the term "made" loosley as it was pasta from the package and sauce from a jar. Still it tastes better than it does at home!
Noelle I think I found the pharmacy school here and there was a news segment this morning on Chinese pharmacy students. I have no idea what they story was b/c I couldn't understand Italian so all I got was Chinese students coming to study in Torino!
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