New Food

Sorry for the delay between posts. Maybe it's a sign that I'm becoming more and more European and doing things without any issues... That was until today when I lost my apartment keys. I went and played soccer at the park today and must have left my jacket unzipped because they were missing when I got home. No luck in finding them either. Fortunately we left the window open to our apartment. Unfortunately we live on the 3rd floor. Tommy ended up climbing up onto the roof of the house behind our apartment and making it through the window to open the door. It was quite the adventure.

A big transition I've made while in Italy is trying many different types of foods (sorry Mom). Consequently, I now like peppers, artichokes, and eat tomatoes on sandwiches. One way I've been forced to try these foods is through our cooking course. Last week's meal was eggplant pasta and cavallo aka horse. It was my first time eating either food and I learned that when you eat a food for the first time you are supposed to make a wish. Two wishes and a whole lot of food later I left satisfied and quite surprised to find out that I like eggplant as well as horse. The majority of the girls either didn't eat the horse or tried one or two small strips. As a result, Tommy and I ate about 75% of the entire dish (meant to feed ten people). Here's a picture of the horse meat...

In the background is Aldo, our cooking teacher's husband. Anna has him wrapped around her finger which makes for a very fun dynamic. Aldo likes to try his English with us but Anna yells at him every time and demands he speaks Italian. Whenever Anna tells a story about something Aldo did wrong, he looks across the table at me and always says something like "see what i have to deal with".