On Saturday I met up with Nancy, got ripped off by a taxi driver. We went all around Naples, she had crocche', gelato and bought some limoncello (yuck, that's too strong for me).
Sunday I went to Eugenio's mom's house. I've been there before but I was shocked this time by the wonderful thing that I've been missing...which is silence. Glorious, unadulterated silence. On the way back we got stuck in traffic for oh, three hours. This should have been an omen for my week!
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday sort of flew by. Did the whole class thing, going out and meeting people: I've made friends with a little old lady who sells bananas.
Then comes today.
Basically, if you're going to be in Italy for more than 90 days, you need a permesso di soggiorno. Which is bullshit, but Italy anyway. I already have my visa. But you have to send the application of a permesso di soggiorno from the post office, they give you a date and you go to the Immigration office. Well, Serena and I went to the office and there was a line. We got there for number 25 and our number was oh....142. So yes, I did wait five complete hours.
To find out I have another date with the office in about a month and a half's time. What the heck. That was...awesome, haha. But then Serena and I went out for a ride on the town, taking the bus to some wonderful places. Then I did some groceries and now I'm here.
I'm feeling kind of down. For reasons I wouldn't like to divulge here. But also not sleeping very well because of loud neighbors, being alone and other things do get to me (I have been sleeping well the past couple of nights because it's raining). I just feel very...unwanted.
So I'm definitely looking forward to traveling. Milan, Palermo, Matera, London, Rome. I want to fit in Venice, Florence and Germany.
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