Today is Tuesday? I don't know anymore, really. Last night Anastasia and I practiced her English and today we didmore. I also saw her math homework. She has words in English like "wardrobe, bathroom, bucket, wizard." In math she does geometry. I have to say her homework is pretty hard for third grade. Today we put up stickers with words around the house. She is on a swim team so we went to her practice also.

This morning, Max and I went to look at the bus schedule but he decided it was bad so we will work out something. Then we went to Monia's office. She is a podiatrist, but not a doctor.

Max and I got coffee and picked up pizza for supper, which we ate on the floor while watching "Happy Days" in english as we called out words. Really so far, knock on wood, we are having a blast.I got an italian phone number, too. So today was just lots of details. Tomorrow Monia's mother and I are off to a festival market in Ancona. Monia says "good luck". Her mother is worried we will get lost. She will drive us to Falconeria to get a bus the rest of the way to Ancona. LOL Also, I will be making supper - pizza in the breadmaker. They have this great pan here for the stove that they control with their phone. Really. They turn it on, off and change the temperature in the pan. Crazy. Some pieces of equipment here are much better, like their kitchen cabinets. Houses are VERY expensive because of the price of land. This house is 700,000 Euro. I lost at checkers two times tonight. Last night I lost at monopoly. I need a win tomorrow for team USA. Hopefully they like my pizza?

Max overlooking the Adriatic Sea.