ITALY

Finally here and I may never leave. Sorry everyone back home but if you were here you would understand. These pictures are just a taste and don't give justice to what it is like to actually be here. The top one is our school.

Arrived on Saturday in Milan and spent the day getting lost in the many little streets and piazza's. Then we all got on a bus sunday afternoon and arrived in Colorono. A beautiful little town in the heart of Italy. The living has greatly improved from New York. We have great appartments in town and it is only a 10 minute walk to school. The town reminds me of a mix between Saline, MI and Colorado Springs, CO. It has the small town charm of saline, slow paced, easy going and the beautiful scenery of colorado springs. Not quite the big mountains of the rockies out my window but there are some beautiful mountains not far away.

First week is in the books and it definitely has been a change but it has been a good change. Still getting used to the new kitchen and the way things are done here but it is coming along. We did go to Torino this past wednesday and it was awesome and is definitely somewhere i want to get back to and spend some more time. With the alps in the background and the italian riviera and cote d'azur only an hour away, who wouldn't? We visited this food emporium called Eately and i know you are thinking they went all the way to Torino to visit a grocery store but this place was amazing. All the products are direct from producers and they are high quality products from small producers but at prices everyone can afford. The idea behind it is if they can provide good food then people can live good, healthy lives and if you make it affordable for everyone then more than just the rich have a chance to live a healthy life. There are a few around Italy and europe, some in Japan and Hong Kong and the U.S. will have its first one late this year in New York City.

Hopefully today we will make it in to Parma to see more of the city that is closest to us. And yes it is the home of parmagiano regiano and procuitto di parma.