vroom... vroom

These past few days in Potenza Picena have been wonderful.  It has cooled off immensely the past two days.  It had been in the upper 80s and humid since I have been in Italy, but two nights ago a major wind storm swept over the town.  The wind has been blowing cool air for two days now, and it feels great.  I am able to lay out at the pool or the beach and be kept warm by the sun, but I am kept cool by the wind.  Yesterday I did my laundry since I had not done it since leaving Dublin.  In Italy they use a washing machine to clean the clothes, but a clothes line to dry everything.  I chose the perfect day to do laundry because my clothes were dry within the hour of being placed on the clothes line.

Gregorio and I had our English lesson.  We had a major breakthrough because he is finally comfortable with the language.  He accepts the corrections I give him.  It is really sad because I only have 8 days left with the family... ONLY 8!  I feel like I have just arrived, and Gregorio has a ways to go with his English and he is finally making really good progress.  I seriously can't believe how fast this summer has gone.

Speaking of fast.  Last night the Boccaccini's and I were invited to their friend's home for dinner.  We drove to dinner in Alfredo's Porsche.  It was a metallic color, two door, four seater.  I got in the front passenger seat--front row experience you could say.  Alfredo drove his porsche along the windy roads of Italy, passing cars left and right along the road.  When he punched the gas, he REALLY punched the gas.  I felt like I was in a rocket speeding down the road.  It was an amazing feeling, and I think I might need to get one just for myself.  I don't think there are any driving laws in Italy because if there were we probably broke every single one of them.  As I think about it--if I were to get a porsche I would have to move to Italy, so I wouldn't have to worry about breaking any driving laws.

Tonight I am meeting up with a few American girls in town for dinner and drinks, and tomorrow I head to Ravenna with the Boccaccini's (I am sure if we took the Porsche we would get there in record time).  Ravenna is two hours south of Venice, and it is a town know for it's mosaics.