- I'm going to disappoint people by breaking the news that ravioli isn't actually ravioli. Apparently ravioli isn't supposed to have meat in it and instead has spinach. The one with meat is called tortellini! I have quite literally eaten more pasta this week than I have done in the last 3 years and inevitably have discovered these random facts about the stuff!
- I've watched enough of the Disney Channel to last several lifetimes. Having said that, when work is watching The Road to El Dorado and The Bratz Movie in Italian with the girls, life is good.
- When a 7 year old enlists your help to hypnotise the cat, one of the most hilarious evenings will ensue.
- The Italian version of You've Been Framed is 50x better than the British one.
- I have gone a slightly darker shade of pale.
- If dressing like a local means continuing to wear jeans in 30 degree heat, I don't think I want to blend in. Seriously, today was the first time I saw someone in shorts. It is the first day we have hit 30 but we've been hovering in the high 20s all week. Although I think I'd rather it was this way than the British way of stripping down to almost nothing at the first sighting of a patch of blue sky.
- The whole way through university we were taught that the word for "here" in Italian is "qui". However, no-one here ever seems to use that and instead they say "qua" which is really confusing and hard to get your head around when you've been using a different word for the last two years.
- I'm a happy girl after discovering that The Apprentice, Made in Chelsea and Russell Howard's Good News are uploaded onto YouTube every week :) A well earned break from being forced to sit through Phineas and Ferb marathons methinks!
- The only person here who is able to say my name right is the 7 year old. The others can't tell the difference between x and s sounds so I am called Alice, Aleechay, Ellis and Alex several times a day. After almost a week of this, I gave in and admitted that my middle name is Maria. They all seemed very relieved at this and have starting addressing me in this way when they can't get Alice out. I quite like it! It makes me feel more Italian :)
- Today I had a Nutella flavoured ice cream. Nuff said.
I'm sorry about the bullet points in place of an actual piece of writing. It just seems the best way to get everything down. I promise I'll go back to proper writing soon!
Here are a few pictures of my week, but remember to check the "Snaps" tab at the top of the page as well as that is where I put most of my photos.
Canal in Treviso town centre
Original Roman mosaic in Treviso:
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