9 am: After traveling since 5am the previous day, I was greeted at the airport by a sign with my name written on it. We hopped in the car and drove to Baveno (40 minutes north of Milan on Lake Maggiore) to the home of Bruna, Mario, Gian Paolo, and Alberto. This would be my home as well over the next couple weeks. My room has a gorgeous view of the lake and looks like it could be in a movie. Gian Paolo is 17 and Alberto is 11. Also living at the house are two most unfortunate looking animals. The first is the dog, Dario, that is 17 years old and is missing his teeth, left eye, and and his back legs don't work all the time. Every day we wake up and check if
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