Milano....

Oy! There is an infestation of MOSQUITOS (zanzares as the children call them) here....a warning would have been nice! I have lost count of my bites (somewherenear 40) and it has only been 4 days!
Apart from that....
My house is lovely - it is a penthouse condo (not in a great neighbourhood - I saw 7 hookers on the evening walk home last night- eek!) and I am with Assunta and her son Valerio (at the camp but not in my class) as well as her 4 year old twins Aurora and Rebecca. Needless to say it is a LOUD house. They seem quite nice and Assunta has asked me if I would consider staying on until the end of August to go on vacation with the family in the south of Italy and Austria as sort of an aide or au pair. WOW. Im not even thinking aobut that yet - work is so crazy.
And to work: IT IS WORK. Italian children NEVER SHUT UP!!!! Thankfully, they know I speak a little Italian and so dont say any bad things about me...that I know of....They love to do worksheets and art and games, which is great and their written english is quite good. My group are 7 & 8 and I have 8 boys and only one girl...so lots of scraped knees and sore jaws. THe kids are ROUGH!!!!! Hopefully one day I will be at a computer with a USB port visible and can upload some pics of them, but for now, just imagine. CRAZY!
I havent had a chance to see much of MIlan yet, although I did get a peek at the Duomo last night on the way tot he movies - Oceans 13 in ENGLISH!!!! In a brautiful old theatre - and no children in sight!! YAY!!!

Otherwise, all is well. I am feeling fat and so must not eat gelato every day, twice a day. Maybe even a run tonight. HA!

xo