pinch and a punch
pinch and a punch for the first of the month! happy new year everybody! and happy birthday alicia for the 30th, and congrats to troy and camelia (hope i spelt that right) on thier wedding. and yay for ellen, who finally has a host family. this news is probably not very new to some of you, since i've actually known for nearly 10 days now but was just too lazy to put it on here. it is a great load of my mind, since i was not only a little anxious about when i would find out, but was also rather sick of explaining to people why i did not yet know exactly where in italy i am going. well it is official now, i am going to Carpi. it is a town about 100km southish of Milan, and is actually much closer to Bologna than Milan so i don't know why i used Milan and not Bologna to explain where it is. Well, it's north west of Bologna. it looks pretty close on the map. i dunno how close exactly tho, i couldn't be bothered working it out on the scale. so anyway, i am going to Carpi, and will be staying with the Carretti's. Hello Carretti's if you are reading this! The Carretti's are Vanni (dad), Orianna (mum), and Elisa and Erica. Erica doesn't live at home cos she's married, but Elisa does. according to the profile thing i have been given, she is 18 and is very good at tennis. so that's cool, i might learn how to play tennis. ok, i konw how to play. i might learn how to be good....or probably not. but hopefully i will be able to work some tennis into my busy schedule of commuting to and from school in another town! mind you, the town is only 10kms away so it's really not far at all. tha'ts like from my house to the Causeway or somewhere. not far, not far. I will be attending the 'istituto tecnico einaudi' in Correggio, which is, like i said, only about 10km away from Carpi. coool hey! I am expected to start school on the first of feb, which worries me a little since i leave australia on the 29th jan. that doesn't give me very long to settle in and sleep of my jet lag. i leave from brisbane airport at midday sat 29th, and then wait in sydney for a few hours, then i do the big flight accross the world and land in vienna i think. then to hamburg. and then another flight to verona. something like that. so quite a few stops and change overs. anywho, that is my latest up date. now i'm going to go finish reading little women. oh dear. i really do think jo should have married laurie. but what can you do. now that i've actually read most of the book and not just seen the movie, i am happier about the fact that amy and laurie marry, cos it is more detailed and described and seems ok. love always ellen
posted by Ellen of Taranganba @ 11:11 PM
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