New Home

On Friday I moved in with a new family - the Pucci's! I really love them and things are going very well here at their house. On Saturday we went up to their mountain home where it was something like 30 degrees cooler and absolutely wonderful! I got to meet all of the extended family and taste some true Italian family cooking, which is to die for, by the way. Gisella, the mother who I love, and I walked up to the highest peak on one of the mountains where you can see everything! Its also the place where many people take off in hot air balloons and so forth and while we were up there we saw a hang glider, which was neat. I went to Mass on Sunday and got to experience not only Catholic church but also Italian Catholic church, of which I only understood a little bit.
The first night I was there there was a car race on the windy roads of the mountain. I couldnt believe it because its scary enough just driving it at a slow speed in a normal car, but to race is absolutely insane. Anyhow, every year they bring out the Paramedics and people camp out for two nights to watch the event...sometimes people drive over the edge but they say its rare, so they must be professionals. Lots of people were in the community that Sunday and theres a market where everything is sold and also a big park so it felt like a huge family picnic. I really love it there and I think we are going back next Friday.
I have so many things to write but my blogs will be short this month because I have limited time on the internet. Let me just say that staying with an Italian family is so much better than trying to simulate the Italian experience elsewhere. I really love everything that we are doing here and I am already feeling very much a part of the family.
Oh! Someone told me I looked like an American yesterday...imagine that! haha! What do Americans look like, anyway?