August 24

I have a story to tell everyone. Today, I was the translator between an Italian speaker and an English speaker. That's the end of the story.  But still, pretty sweet!
Also, I walked home today. Google maps told me it would take 45 min. I walk pretty fast, so I thought I could do it in 30 min. Well, apparently, I don't walk fast.... and I get lost. But don't worry, I made it home in 2 HOURS!!
And now, I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that the older the city, the stupider the layout of the city is. And Bologna is very very old. There is no order to the streets here. One street will randomly turn into another street. They all go in different directions and all of them are really narrow. I can be looking at a map and at the (poorly labeled) street signs and still wonder how I ended up on the road I thought was one street north. I can't even say one block north because there really is no such thing as a block in this city. A block is like a square of land surrounded by streets. But what do you call a triangle or pentagon or other polygon-ish thing surrounded by via's, churches and piazza's? The locals don't even know the city perfectly. I asked 3 different people for directions for a street and they all told me that they had never heard of it. But, as hard as it is to get around in this city, it is all beautiful!