Nevica!

That is what the woman in front of me said as we got off the plane in Torino. Good thing I have gotten to the lesson in Rosetta Stone that deals with weather and I know that means...It's snowing!


Let the adventure begin! The first leg of the adventure began as I rode to the airport in the back of a van with no seats! Good thing I had a bag of Cork’s dog food back there to serve as my seat. Those of you familiar with the workings of a small vending company will understand why the van has no seats...and some people (Seitz and Jen Lau) have even been lucky enough to ride in one! I got on my flight without a hitch (unless you count having to pay for overweight bags). Eight or so hours later I landed in Frankfurt. The size of that airport boggles my mind. Again I had to switch terminals and board a bus that took me to the plane. The crazy part is that it is not as if I rode a prop plane or anything…it was a six across plane but there must not be enough space to have them at gate. There must have been twenty planes lined up to board. After an hour or so flight I landed in Torino to snow!

As my body was under the assumption it was about three AM I took a nap for a few hours after getting in. After my nap I decided that I would walk to the office to make sure I knew how to get there in the morning. After a round about way of getting there and back I felt comfortable I would be able to get there the next morning and stopped to get something to eat. There are really no stores open on Sundays here in Italy and only a few restaurants. Luckily La Tortuga at the end of my street was open and I stopped in and purchased some sausage (I would say Italian sausage but I’m pretty sure you all could figure out what kind it is) with polenta and a piece of pizza. The woman asked if I wanted it heated up and I said no I would heat it up at my flat. Of course I forgot that I didn’t have a microwave so I had to use the hot plates. I put the sausage and the polenta in a pan and then used a frying pan to warm the pizza. I could only get the bottom of the pizza hot so I just flipped it over and put the cheese side down for a few seconds…flash frying it if you will. I sat down and ate it while of course I was burning the sausage. I am not sure what the burner strength as it does not seem to say Lo, Med, Hi. The food was still good but now I had to decide how to clean the pan as the water did not seem to get hot and I have no dish soap yet so I improvised and used the shower gel that I have with a pan full of luke warm water.

After the semi-failed cooking experiment I sat down to study my Italian. I worked for the next three hours making flash cards and completing another unit of Rosetta Stone. Tomorrow I hope to change apartments as I can not stand up in the bath tub to take a shower.