Settembre 7, 2010
So today I was supposed to meet the woman who got me the Au Pair position and meet with her about what all it entails outside the flat, so at the house, I clean up some, make sure Nico takes his showers, brushes his teeth, gets ready for school on time, you know, stuff like that... well Ines, the woman I went to meet, told me that just having the one kid to look after was pretty lucky and I told her it was even better because he was easy to look after. She said if I feel like I have a lot of free time and want to make some money I could teach English for about 10euro an hour, as long as my family is ok with that. I'm not sure whether I want to or not, I mean an extra 20-30 euro a week wouldn't be bad... but I like my free time for wandering.
Speaking of wandering, so today Raffa bought me my student transportation pass which cost 18 euro and normally costs 30. It allows me to get on and off the bus or metro as many times as I want with no troubles... I LOVE IT! So today, instead of walking until my feet hurt, I got on a bus, rode until I felt like getting off, got off, then wandered some, then got on a bus again. Almost all the buses go to the "stazione termini" which is the central hub of transportation, both trains and buses. I eventually found my way there after looking in some beautiful basilicas and piazze(plazas). I found where I could get tickets to visit my friend Kristina in Bonn, Germany (but I haven't priced them yet) or to Milan, or even Paris... I'm excited! Well after lunch I decided to start trying to figure out how I should get back to the flat... I forgot to grab my bag when we left this morning because we were running late and it had my map and sketch book and water bottle... so I just started asking people where the park was near my house... I found out which bus ran that way, but I couldn't remember which stop was next to the house (when I say next to, I mean about 200-300 yards away). So I looked at the options on the list of stops. I recognized the street, Via Salaria, it runs right by the house **Just to let you all know, it is now raining** and yesterday when I found my way to it, I was saved because it was easy to find the flat from there. SO, I decided to just get off on via Salaria **it stopped raining** and figure my way out from there. Oops. Via Salaria is a LONG street, and I got off at the end of it... so while walking 20-30 minutes back where I needed to be, I was asked by someone where Villa Ada was, I thought, "I totally know this!" lost all my composure, forgot to tell them in Italian that I was going in that same direction and it was just behind this wall we are standing by and instead pointed in the direction of the flat I was heading towards... FYI you can get there the way I went, but I think it was better they didn't follow me there.
After Nico got back from school, he, Alessandro (classmate) and I played wii, and then some soccer near the garage, they taught me a new game with the keeper and didn't fully tell me the rules until we were finished... I lost. But 1-on-1 I totally was OWNING those nine year olds!! BOOM! Ha! But they were really good for being just nine. Alessi is like Nico, very well behaved and polite and funny too. His English isn't quite as good as Nico's but he also speaks French.
It was all and all a good day, no pictures since my camera was in my bag, but more to come, now I know where I want to take some in the basilicas I visited... class starts on the 27th of Settembre, the day before my birthday! YAY! tomorrow the plan is to go to the school, get acquainted with the bus routes, and meet the woman I've been communicating with. Let's hope it all goes according to plan, or not, whatever. ;) LOVE YOU GUYS!
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