Bit of catching up to do I think.
Where was I? There was the weekend which was fairly low key. I went to another big basilica on Saturday. It had a lovely old cloister and some nice old mosaics but not a lot more to report. Saturday night was very noisy. Wales was playing something, somewhere so there were a lot of very drunk Welshmen getting around in Red and making life very noisy.
Then Sunday…the Rome Marathon!! Where was Ang???
I spent the day just chilling out with Chris and really doing nothing. I walked over to her place (the whole of Rome was shut down to traffic). I walked along the Marathon route and saw the leaders come in at the end. All Ethiopian/ Kenyan/ whatever and all looking like Olympians. I just gaze at their muscly legs mesmerised. I didn’t see a white man until way, way back. Anyway we had lunch at Chris’, and watched a movie (The Imitation Game) and then I walked home. It was a nice relaxed day.
Today was teeth clean day in Bologna. It was lovely going back to Bologna. It is a great place to be. My appointment with Fabrizia was at 12. I had a train that was supposed to get in at 11.12am but as my luck would have it it was 1 hour late so I was late for my appointment and I was fretting something terrible. You know how I hate to be late!! She was very good about it. She spent 1 hour and 10 min manually cleaning my teeth. She was pleased that it is working and my gums are much better etc etc. She is not too impressed with the dental care I’ve been getting. She insists I have to find someone who will keep up this regime!! Anyway the teeth feel good and for the hour she spent cleaning me up it wasn’t too expensive at all (150EU for the sake of comparison to the cost in Aust….I think it compares favourably!)
Then I spent a couple of hours wandering around Bologne. It looks different in the warmth with the blossoms out from the icey, dampness of Pre Christmas Bologna. I went back to my coffee shop and got and cappuccino and big hugs which felt really, really nice. I went back to my gelati shop and got a gelati. I wandered the streets, bought some food to bring back to Rome (Bologna really has to be the food capitol) and got back on the train to come back to Rome. This train was also 40 mins late which was most annoying. Usually the Italian trains are pretty much spot on timeless but I had a really bad run today.
I have a Skype date with my work friends in the morning. they are all going to Shamala’s for dinner and I’m invited!!!
It’s really getting close to Rosa arriving now and my excitement levels are rising!!