Little Italy 25

[Rosa]

Greetings, Ciao , Welcome , Benvenuto

Thanks rosa

I am pleased to know you have more students, I def think that is the way to go.
Of course now your daughters are still little, but there is a huge market (at least here in Milan) for english teachers who are specialised in teaching to children (and who are willing to come to your house). We pay ours £££! And she is totally worth it.

Good news re your students Rosa. Agree with Franca re demand. A few of my friends teach English privately here and they have far more requests than they can manage. Oooh Franca you are going to have such an amazing time. You must get some photos on fb. Are your dc besides themselves with excitement?

Yes, they are very happy, but a bit worried about the long flight . At the moment they are relaxing in front of a Bud Spencer and terence Hill movie .
Dd claims she is already missing her friends at school.

I will, I will post on fb. I am taking the ipad. Not sure my mobile will work there. Boh!

Rosa if the English falls through you'd make a good pharmacist
Franca is it Monday you leave? We are all vicariously excited for you!

They will be fine and the flight will pass in no time, I hope you get a nice crew, decent films, and no hope for the food whoever you fly, but think of the fantastic breakfast you have in the USA. We always have a cracker of a breakfast on Day 1, OJ,pancakes, bacon, eggs and tons of crap coffee..then from day 2 we search out decent coffee and go from there... Well that should all be we used to...and we will againjust not sure when !!!!
Franca can I ask how much you pay an hour? As I don't think I charge enough, the materne I can't put the price up as I am too fond of the children but the private students we haven't discussed price yet!

Mmmm american breakfasts.
I have let myself get dragged onto a politics thread where the statement if you dont like it go live in north korea is being bandied about. I despair!
Rosa my friends in rome charge 40 an hr with reductions for small groups per person.

Madonna mia, ma certe persone mi fanno proprio arrabbiare sul MN. Ma quante cazzate dicono!

Io evito certain threads perche parlano da loro sederino.........

Ciao ragazze, we have arrived in key west! The trip went very smoothly. The milan-miami was alitalia, me and the children had 4 seats for ourselves, I watched 4 movies (i should fly more often to catch up with the movies i miss during the year . the food was crap, but never mind. The dc behaved perfectly, I am very smug, but at this age they are eay to entertain with movies and there were also games to play on the plane screens, so, I didn't do much.
The plane to key west is very small, on an eareo a elica!!!!

We are now relaxing a bit before hitting the pool, and as soon as we feel more energetic we'll explore the sourrindings.

Thanks for the support you gave me re the trip, now i need to concentrate/stress re dh's journey.

Gio, I saw you on the thread, you go girl!!! Cant believe all those right wingers!

Ah rosa, i pay loads, as it is through a school, that charges a bit less than the British council. How much do you charge?

I pay 40 euros for the 2 of them

Yay Franca, glad the trip went well :-)

Yay good news Franca.not remotely jealous of you being in key west...have a fabulous time and let us live it vicariously through you

not at all...per niente!!! Franca so glad it all went well and the dc were well behaved you proud mamma you!!! Have a total ball and if the key lime bakery is still there do stop... Its sort of on its own in a street leading down to the main area. The ice creams were to die for ...and we bought some cold tea mix which was yummy.....
I have just done zumba..loved it.....

Well, the children just had a lovely time in the pool, I wanted to and explore in the late afternoon, but dd is knackered and she burnt her cheeks, despite sun cream (50). Bad mother emoticon for me then.

So impressed by your energy rosa, zumba sounds super hard!

They do a great total barrier cream it is like warpaint and it works......
We had a tornado today...... I diddn't see it but by god the winds were stronga nd we had hail and torrenial rain as well.... A few islands were hit pretty bad roofs taken off and things and 100 trees uprooted on an island......
Basta adesso no?
Franca enjoy the good weather for us.....

, even tornadoes now? What the hell? Earthquakes, economic crisis, torrential rain... Enough!
I think it is turning hotter here, rain is expected in the next few days.
Today we hit the city centre and the dc loved the acquarium, even petted an alligator ( a small one). I am still jet legged, i am tired!

Wow that sounds dramatic Rosa. It's been warm and very muggy here, due to heat up dramatically next week, can't wait (not).
Argh I have to tidy up here, my sister's coming tonight for DS's birthday on friday.
What are you up to today Franca?

SOunds fun Franca and teh jet lag will soon go .... ITs beautiful and fresh here today but yes temps due to rise this weekend as well here, maybe summer has arrived ??? Certainly fewer bimbi in the materna today I wonder why ?????
Have fun cleaning , I have bags of stuff to take to second , hand, to friends etc it is just a case of doing it !

Hello girls, this morning meband ds were up 20 mins later than yesterda, dd is still asleep, but she is a dormigliona, she doesn't count!
I did my back in yesterday locking the bikes , so it is Aulin for me afyr breakfast. We still have the bikes today, so we are going to see the butterflies sanctuary and i also want to taste the key lime pie! ( the hotel we are staying at is fab, but the food is a bit lame imo).

Happy to hear the weather is better, hope it doesn't get too hot and humid. Gio what are you doing for ds birthday? He is 6 already!

You are definitely jet-lagged Franca, it's my DS, and yes he's 5, already! We are going to Zoomarine on friday, it was only a 1/2 day at school anyway so thought we'd take them out.
Tomorrow he will go in with a cake fashioned from mini cornetti, as he doesn't eat actual cake, that should be fun.

Oh my goodness, sorry Sputnik, I was totally convinced I read "bananagio"!
Oh desr, sono veramente rimbambita!
The cake sound yummie, are you making it? Where is the zoomarine?

No worries Franca!
I have 2 packets of mini cornetti, some toothpicks, and hoping to use half a loaf of bread as a base in the middle and to stick the candles into. I suppose I'd better try it out in case it doesn't work and I have to find a plan B.
Zoomarine is really close to our house, in Torrvaianica where we always go to the beach, they have dolphins and various other marine stuff, not sure as we've not been before.
Speaking of dolphins, have your kids seen Dolphin Tale? It's set in Florida, a bit shmaltzy but a good (true) story.

ooh Sput we went to Zoomarine beginning of May. The shows are great! We saw the seals, dolphins and diving pirates shows and ds and his mate loved them all. They also loved the dinosaur exhibition. The pools werent open when we went but we went on the log flume and a few of the rollercoasters. DS has not shut up since re wanting to go again for his birthday. Happy Birthday to your DS!! And good luck with the cake.
Hows the jet lag and back Franca?
Rosa I saw the pic of the tornado-when I read your post I imagined a little one - it looked like something off CNN News!!

Zoomarine sounds like great fun! Have a great time, master sputnik!

Gio I like the pic of ds, so proud in front of his school.

No we haven't seen a dolphin tale yet, but we have just seen the ad on tv, here at the hotel, so it is on our list of films to watch.

All is well, really hot, dh is hopefully on his way, and i think i have already gained 10 kilos...
I have seen an ad in a magazine by the dept of health that now women will have free mammograms etc, and i went all warm inside. Bravo obama!

The poc on fb, i meant