Udine Baby

Jess and I arrived in Udine Italy yesterday (very close to Venice). All I can say is WOW....things are amazing. Jess and I are both staying with the same host family, and they are awesome. They live in a three story house and have two wonderful children. Julia is 7 and Elisa is 15. Elisa's english is really good, and she is actually studing 3 different languages besides Italian. Makes me feel stupid!

They also have four dogs. Two are puppies, only 4 weeks old. Jess and I are in heaven. They are the cutest things I have ever seen. Their names are Nip and Tuck. hahahaha.

Yesterday we got here and they immediately took us to a family bbq. It reminded me of home, except I was in an Italian countryside home and everyone was speaking a different language. It was exactly what you would think an Italian family to be like. Fun and friendly, great food, lots of food, did I mention the food? And wine and wine and lemon cello. They really know how to have a good time.

Today they drove us to the seaside city called Trieste. It was beautiful. It was once owned by Austria until WW1 when Italy took it back. We visited this castle that is now a university for astronomy. I think that will be my new major...

All in all it has been an amazing experience. Unfortunetly, Karen is not here with us to share in it. I miss her already. She was sent to work down south, and hopefully we can work together soon.

Tomorrow is my first day of work, and I think I am ready. I feel like this past week has been challenging, but I feel more confident and ready for the next step.

Miss you all. xoxo
ciao!