Don't pull...push! I think

Well dear friends I am back for take two.

I arrived in Milano on Wednesday, which didn't seem so long ago until I just realized it's Saturday night. It's been a few pretty packed yet relaxing days. Since returning the weather has been great apparently the snow demons decided to flee Milan and the country of Sun is finally Sunny.
I am now an official legal temporary resident of the Republic of Italy, since after a three hour wait in the questura (police department) I was granted my permezzo di soggiorno (permit of stay). It is essentially a nice colorful piece of bureaucratic paper which I paid 90+ euros for but hey they required it. If I were a scrapbooker it would be a nice memento but unfortunately that doesn;t apply and it will just roll with me for a while.

As you can well imagine the food in Italy is quite incredible. After the canals tour I attended on Friday (very cool area with the main canal designed by Milan's main man Leonardo DaVinci), our associate Bocconi tour guide took us to Luini's a Milanese tradition by Il duomo since the 1800's which sells Panzerrotis (think fried fluffy calzones but better). It is definitely not good for any kind of diet but what kind of Italian food is?

It's been great to meet people from all over the World ( Holland, Australia, France, Ireland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Japan and of course several states of the USA) It is a humbling experience to not understand what everyone around you is saying all the time, yet I love to think that God understands every last language and loves every single person. Currently looking forward to connecting strongly to a church here and will be visiting a couple tomorrow I hope so thanks in advance for all your prayers.

A couple of tidbits of information when visiting Italy, if staying at a hotel (or dorm such as mine) those extra sheets they leave on your bed after making said bed are not extra sheets but in fact are considered towels by the Italian maid service...it's pretty amusing to try to dry yourself with a thick bed sheet but I'll definitely keep to my regular towels. Also look at doors closely. I have without exaggeration walked into incorrectly pulled and walked into more doors in the last two weeks than in the last 20 years...I have learnt to look at the locking system and little metal bar but I still never fail in picking the wrong direction but it adds a fun aspect for the store vendors as they see me walk into their glass doors several times.

Have a cell phone in Milan now and I can text you all for the low price of 9euro cents/text..which is acutally not that cheap but it's worth a hello. Let me know if you want it because I can receive calls for free...slightly expensive for you but I'll know who my real friends are...jk.

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