Moving is always interesting. The whole come and go between places and people is both heartrending and exciting … every single time. We moved to Vicenza over the span of a week. Partially this was due to the fact that the electrical company said it could take up to 3 days to turn on our gas and eletricity, so we decided why not hang out in Florence instead of a cold lightless apartment in Vicenza. Partially it was due to showing Matt’s student Joel the chruch in Prato. Showing Joel and his family the church in Prato was an enourmous success so I’m glad we stayed for that! It was really great to see them so happy in a church setting! and the Prato church is one of the most welcoming I know. They are just thrilled that you are there. No matter what language you speak or where you come from. By the time Joel left I think he had three or four phone numbers of church members just in case he might need anything.
After church in Prato we went to a dinner held by a group of Eritreans, which was really interesting. I decided Eritreans are really quite beautiful as a general rule. They are all thin and tall and dark like chocolate with almond eyes. And their food is very spicy. The church members kept warning us against eating (even though they had invited us there for lunch) because the food was spicy enough they deemed it uneddible.
So then Monday morning we got on the train after many goodbyes and packing up the last of our stuff and moved to Vicenza.
Our apartment is nice. In the most fantastic spot possible actually right on the main street of downtown in the walking district so no traffic noise. It is also only about a block from the church building. There are these wonderful grecian statue type things that are on top of the building oppostite that make our view. It has needed some cleaning. I have decided that smoking should be listed among things which most easily bring down property value. We’ll have to put up pictures! the most hilarious part of the apartment….the full wall pea green velvet armoire.
So we’ve spent the last week getting things together and getting our marching orders from the church. Health insurance, change to Vicenza…3 full mornings and more to come. Internet and phone service one morning and one afternoon and up to one month wait time. Washing machine…3 days looking and convincing our landlords to buy one like they said they would. (difficult not because they aren’t willing but more because the space for the machine is 5 cm smaller on each side than the standard washing machine size).
Now we’ve started working at the church as well. The church wants to keep it’s doors open for a period each day so we are going over every afternoon to do our work and clean up and be there. Will work on things actually happening there that people will come to instead of just having it open gradually starting with ….english lessons.
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