Definitely a low activity day today…a declared non-tourist day. I was out and about at the time there was supposed to be an eclipse of the sun…lots of hype but totally nothing to see for it. Not even a slight change. very disappointing.
I puttered around, went out for a walk. Was at home when the landlady, Eleonora, was around. very embarrassed when she knocked on the door and I had undies out drying etc.
After a bit of a walk I went to my cafe. I sat at my bench with a coffee, then decided to have a glass of wine and sat at my window and read my book/kindle. Then the most exciting thing of the day happened. Some girls must have pinched something and the chase was on. They scuttled up the stairs in front of me with at least 3 people behind her. They were losing ground but the girls ran straight into the arms of the police at the top of the stairs. It was beautiful to watch. The whole neighbourhood came out to watch. Quite a carnival atmosphere. Very exciting.
I have just seen that Malcolm Fraser died, I feel really sad about that he was a wonderful voice of reason in a mad, racist world.
I’m redoing some of my Italian homework on my low activity days…can’t say it’s too exciting and it doesn’t stop most people saying ‘Thank you’ when I say ‘Grazie’…what can I do???