This one is for my dear friend who visits daily!

Buon Giorno amici
Thank you to my wonderful friends who have provided me some feedback on this blog and I will  continue as the experiences unfold.  Sometimes when there is a lull in the activity I resort to my schoolwork.  :):) Well today is Wednesday and yesterday was a balmy 19C and it really felt like summer.  I took a look outside my patio and am curious as to what plants are emerging...mostly weeds but my goal is to create a zen like environment outside.  Yesterday while I was doing laundry at the laundromat...big wash day and my company is soon to arrive...I noticed my first mosquito.  Florence is known for it's mosquitos.  A friend from California told me that the Florentine mosquitos are small.....not....they are huge suckers.  Ready to suck the blood out of foreigners.   So I have decided to talk to them in consciousness...stop laughing...it works.  I am going to make peace with them and if they bite me...I kill.  That will be the arrangement.  If sucking my blood is their reality then there is a price to pay.  In my apartment I found one of those tennis rackets that you put batteries in and they zap bugs.  I will resort to that torture if need be.  I bought one of those last summer and my family laughed at me when I had stuck my finger on the live wire and got a significant shock.  Note to self...do not drink and operate battery operated tennis racquets.  In the meantime my latest trip to Ikea was a fruitful one as I purchased mega netting.  Just have to figure out now how to mount it over my bed in my 20 foot ceilings....gotta find a ladder or something.   Off to school now with 3 more days to go and then tourist time....did I tell you tourists are infiltrating the city.....in droves.  Need to find a route to school that avoids the population rush.  On that note I wish you all a wonderful day and happy Wednesday...buon Mercredi!  Ciao mi amici ... buona giornata!