Itali-Anh!

Day 1 in Italy was a bit strange, as it should be. Devin and I were just two lost Americans in the airport trying to figure out the public pay phones that really should be looked at for user-friendliness improvement. We figured it out though, and eventually when we found Alice, it was such a relief...
The first thing we had to do of course was have coffee...I will have to say that cappuccino will never taste the same unless I am in this country. I must say a cup of this and a pastry a day makes me miss eggs in the morning but I just urge the girls to feed me soon after breakfast.
We took the most ridiculous 5 hour tour of Rome guided by our favorite Italian. She showed us many many sites, many of which I cannot remember names of now but I will have them recorded one day when I catalog the many pictures we took. My blurry camera phone was not cutting it when it came to capturing the detail of all the monuments, statues, and fountains. Hopefully, when we scan Devin's, I can keepsake better copies.
Later after we exhaust ourselves from walking around the city in a large circle, we go back to Alice's best friends home where we gather our bags to visit her home town, Perugia! Ah, what a beautiful city. I think because it is on a hill, that's why it feels the most at home (so far compared to Florence and Rome). Or maybe it's the fact that Alice knows this city the best.
Lots of walking and such makes dancers hungry, right? So every time a meal draws near I am fiending for some delicious authentic italian food...I don't think i will ever make a sandwich without prosciutto again! And mozzerella balls? I think i need a cold bowl of them next to my bed every night.
Day 2 was a relaxing kind of day where we begin to figure out the details of our Ravenna trip and how to bring Katie to us...
Best of all, this evening we got to take our first dance class in Italian at Alice's old studio. It was 'stretching' class ... yeeeaaahh...I guess we needed it.
Day 3 was Firenze. Beautiful, hot, and has a great market. nuff said. Alice left us on day 4. DAK had a great time but missed her very much. Pictures to come...
Ok...So we are preparing to perform in the inaugaration of Alice's parents' studio. We plan to do a site specific improv and eat and drink and chill old school. The studio is such a great place. I hope we can do this everytime we come back.

Well, I miss Seattle, but am not quite ready to come back. I need to freshen up my Italian and eat at an Italian grandmother's house. ;-) Once this happens - oh yea, and when we perform - then I cannot wait to come home to try and mimic all the great things I experience here. I hope summer is good for you too, whereever you are! Devin, Alice, Katie and I will be keeping you posted on all the good stuff 'til then.

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