Today, during my typical walk w/ Evan, I found out what our 50 euro/~75 dollars gets us at the Lavandaria (laundry place)..it gets my bloomers a free ride on the drying rack, right outside on the sidewalk! Yup, walking along Via San Lucia by my hotel, I started laughing out loud when I realized that the clothes on the rack in front of our lavandaria, were ours! Blowing in the wind, my undies, for all to see:) It was hysterical! I stopped only to document this with a picture, and then continued on my walk, calling Josh on the way to provide him with some comic relief!
I walked for about an hour and a half, down my street past the taxi driver strike that was blocking off our entire 4 lane road, through Piazza Plebiscito, and up Via Toledo, a long street dotted on both sides w/ tons of clothing stores, bars, jewelry stores etc. It is also lined with street vendors selling knock off purses, wallets etc. They pack up every once in a while with a quick sweep up of all of their merchandise into the huge tarp the goods are laid out on, to avoid a reprimand from the police. I didn't find a new purse, although I am in search of one that can be both stylish, and practical--hopefully large enough to carry some diaper change contents. I did, however, find a 'jungle gym' for Evan--one of those arches that will hang over him while he lays on the ground, allowing him to swat at the dangling toys. I balanced the huge toy box on top of our new stroller (cheaply made but not a cheap price..I still need to learn how to properly negotiate prices here),and started on the path home. I passed the lavandaria again...my bloomers were now not only blowing in the wind, but hanging in the rain..along w/ Josh's clothes, some of my sweaters, and Evan's clothes and bed sheet. Hmmm...I hope the mopeds cruising by aren't splashing dirty rain water up on our 'clean' clothes..I mean, that Lavandaria is not cheap! Across the street from our lavandaria, is the supermercati, so I popped in there to grab some milk, a hunk of parmesan, some fresh bread, and a 4 pack of diet coke...sodas are all sold in 4 packs instead of 6 packs. I'm not sure why, but one guess would be because the fridges are so much smaller here. So, I got those 4 items, coming to about 10 euro, and made it home just in time for Evan to let me know he was hungry. I fed him, set up his jungle gym, skyped with family, and now while the little guy takes a nap ( I rocked him to sleep by pushing the stroller back and forth in the bathroom w/ the shower running--sometimes desperate measures are needed:), and am taking the time to update this blog. I'm hoping Josh will be home no later than 8pm, so that we can grab dinner at one of our local favorite spots, and then call it a night.
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