In any case, posting was a bit difficult since my family was here and we were in the mountains with limited internet access.
I guess where we left off was last Saturday, right before I went to Stefano's 30th birthday party. The picture below is of Stefano and his girlfriend Mirela, who came out from Amsterdam to celebrate.
It was a great party with excellent food, of course, the majority of which was made by his mother (homemade tortelloni di zucca (squash), lasagne, m
eats and a few different cakes). I must really be turning Italian now (not only because of my white belt to match my white sneakers) because I am able to drink an espresso at midnight and still sleep. That being said, when the family was out here, we discussed a notable difference in the after effects of wine as well as espresso, both of which seem to be a lot more subtle here...as for the wine, not too sure why, but apparently the way of making espresso out here relies on a different type of drip mechanism that lessens the effect of the caffeine, or such was our hypothesis.On Sunday, Adam, Robin and my mom arrived, though unfortunately my dad could not make the trip out due to this little financial crisis taking place in the States (and worldwide for that matter). Here is a picture of the three of them, looking quite good only hours off the airplane. Amazing what a pizza and espresso will do for you ;)
After lunch, Adam's good friend Vittorio and his wife Chiara came from Vicenza (1.5 hours by car) to visit us for a coffee and share some wedding pictures. I may also visit them in Vicenza some time over the next few weeks. Here is a picture of the four of us below.
I am going to break this post up into a few different ones due to the size of the photos, and so you can read one at a time if you like. So, for now, go ahead and have an espresso and I will be back in a minute with the next post....ciao!
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