This has been a good week and weekend so far, a big reason is, I've had plans, and actually some social interaction going on! YES! The first week was a bit challenging for me since I didn't really know anyone, and since Josh works such long hours, usually leaves around 7am and gets home after 8pm. I was getting a bit stir crazy. But, thankfully, I've met some girls through Josh's work, and have got some good girl-bonding time this week. Janine, one of Josh's coworker's wife, and I have hung out several times now, and it's been an easy friendship to form. We click personality-wise, plus, since we are both in the same situation, we can really relate. She only got to Italy a week ahead of us, but she already has proven to be a great resource to me on life in Napoli, just from her extra week spent in this city. Yesterday we synced up spontaneously, did lunch (salad and pizza as normal), plus the free champagne they greet you with and the canteloupe flavored 'limoncello' type liquor they give you for 'dessert', and then Evan and I spent the day at her house. She, her husband and daughter, are in a great temporary living apartment in the Posillipo neighborhood of Naples, with amazing views of the bay and Vesuvius. They love the location and the views, and she said the only thing is, once in a while, you get the sulfer smell. I thought it was from the beach that is at the end of their street, but it's actually from the volcano. I hung out there all day, and then, once the guys got out of work, we all went out to dinner at a great restaurant in their neighborhood. We met up with a couple other people too, so it was a fun night. We started dinner around 8:45, with the restaurant nearly empty. By the time we left around 11pm, it had filled up. A lot of families, complete with their young kids, don't show up for dinner at a restaurant until about 10pm. As an early bird myself, I'm still adjusting to these late meal times. It's after 8pm as I write this, and we haven't even gotten ready for dinner yet....maybe we'll just stay in and eat our left over pizza from lunch...sounds like a plan to me.
Today, I had more plans:) Well, it is the weekend after all, so it's great having Josh home so he, Evan and I can do family stuff. We started out the day meeting up with our Real Estate agent to check out more places in Cava..the town by the Amalfi Coast. We saw 3 units, 2 with potential, but none that I really got the "this is the one" feeling about, so I'm going to continue to ask to see more places. After touring the apartments, we stopped by another one of Josh's coworkers apartments in Cava, and hung out with them for a while. Then, Janine and her husband, who were in Cava to do some Christmas stuff with their daughter, called and they stopped by too. So, it was a nice, impromptu afternoon of hanging out for a couple hours. After that, Josh and I stopped in Pompei on our way home to do some shopping at Auchan (the Fred Meyer, WalMart equivalent). The shopping carts here all go sideways. Pushign them is like pushing a shopping cart on an ice rink---and they are all like that. It's not like one just has a screwy wheel, no, they are made to roll that way. Definitely somthing to get used to, because when I 'drive' them, I typically crash into the endcaps in the market, not to mention, other shoppers. Ooopsy!
Tomorrow we are heading to Janine and Mikes for some American comfort food--Beef stew and biscuits! Yum, I can hardly wait!
Ok...Evan is waking up and I can hear him snorting, so I think he's trying to tell me he's hungry:) I'm loving hearing from everyone, and Skyping, so thanks for keeping me company:) Ciao~
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