Two more days of school under the belt and having trouble keeping up with a lot to do!! A new woman has joined our class from Sweden. She is lovely and also a ‘my age’ type of woman.
The weird woman, Alicia, remains weird but I’m getting used to her!! I think her life must be tough. I’m sure she has been anorexic and seems to struggle with all types of food. A vegan, no sugar, no gluten, no milk etc etc. She ‘can’t’ eat out ! Her husband is a professional athlete i.e. Triathlon/ Ironman and he is Number 3 in the world! So he trains all day at these training camps in Austria and here outside Lucca. He is part of a professional cycling squad. We had a discussion about the fact that she makes her own ‘milk’ by soaking cashew nuts in water and then grinding it into a milk substance. Today she brought this into class for us all to try. Which we did, including Ele, our teacher, and we all refused to drink any more after the first sip…it was cacky and poor Alicia was so disappointed in us. Class is getting harder and harder but we’re all struggling with the same things.
After class yesterday I had a quick lunch again with Carolina then I came home to get my school work written up. Then I took off for my ride around the wall then back for tea and the final episode of Downton Abbey 🙁
Today was school, shopping, home to quickly get the house ready for Susana to arrive tomorrow and then soon I have to go back to school for one of the ‘activities’. Today we’re learning about ‘non- verbal Italian’ i.e. what the hand gestures mean. It promises (so I’m told) to be fun. Then home. Tomorrow there is a musical afternoon at school with Italian songs etc and Sally (English woman in my class) and a couple of other people and I are going to go out to dinner after it. I have to meet up with, and fit in, Susana in all this which could prove challenging!!