Blogs from Ivrea, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Ciao belli ragazzi, Well tomorrows the big day of my move to Feltre!! Spent my last week in Ivrea eating cake, cake and more cake with Jo (the housekeeper) really going to miss both her and Adri who comes in the afternoons, as we all keep each other sane and cover for each other if needs be. Jo even bought me a little leaving present, which was really nice of her. Went to Balla with Jo twice this week and had the ‘Torta 900’ again, it’s soooo good. If I had discovered it 5 months ago when I first moved here I would definitely be morbidly obese by now. Looking forward to a new area, new people and new challenges. Although I did Google Street Map my new address and found that it’s in the middle ... read more

Hello World, Well it's been a rainy week in Ivrea and four weeks today I'll be on the train to Feltre! This week I went to a patisserie called 'Balla,' which is quite famous because of a chocolate cake they created called the 'Torta 900!' (Probably not as menacing as it sounds). I had a selection of 4 little cakes, which were delicious. I was going to take a photo for you all to see but my phone ran out of battery, so will have to go back again another time to take a picture (the things I do for you people!), but I have included on here a picture of the wrapper my cake was in. This week I've been having some wisdom teeth problems again, so went to see The Italian's dad, as he ... read more

Well all it's 6 weeks today till I move to Feltre for familglia numero due, Can't believe that this time last week I was on my way back from London, feels like months ago now. It was Margherita's birthday this week so we had a little dinner party for her. What I found really strange was that the parents and grandparents also gave presents to the other girls, I guess so they didn't feel left out. But the real world isn't fair, so they should probably get used to it now to be honest as it will save on all the dissapointment in later life! I was also treated to a cheeky little mid-week day-off on Wednesday as it was some kind of Italian holiday called Ferragosto or Assumption Day. Can't say I did a lot ... read more

Ciao amici, Well it's been 8 weeks now and I've completed my first week alone with all 3 girls!! At the start of the week I was having a bit of a rough time, the mum was on my case wanting me to speak more with the girls, but they sometimes didn't want to talk with me because they were tired or wanted to watch tv, etc. So I spoke to her about some problems I was having and it seems to be okay now. Yesterday I had to spend the whole morning alone with the youngest one who I think wants to kill me and I was absolutely dreading it because she never talks to me, constantly cries and looks herself in her bedroom! (Where's Super Nanny when you need her?!) But we actually had ... read more

Ciao!! Well I've been living here for 6 weeks now and this week has been full of fun! Been out the last four nights till late meeting Italian people, including a couple from Milan, luckily everyone speaks English because my Italian doesn't seem to be going anyway fast. Speaking of Italian, I started private lessons at a new school this week which is good, been learning the alphabet! I have ten hours with this new teacher, focussing on conversational italian so I can have the confidence to speak to people when out shopping or in a bar, for example. Really want to increase my vocabulary as well, so the plan starting tomorrow is to everyday read through my Italian dictionary (I'm so cool, I know!) and learn some new words. Many of you might already know ... read more