Marla and the New Job

March 3, 2007

Our friend, Marla, from New York came to visit us right as both Ben and I caught the terrible flu that is apparently going around the world. She was in town for Milan's fashion week and she walked the cat walk in about 12 shows while she was here. It was fun to get to see her when she returned from the shows, with crazy make up and hair. We loved having her here!
Ben and I recovered while she was still here and we got to spend time with her, including Carnivale. Her driver, Ricardo, took us to Varese, a town outside of Milan the day of Carnivale. All the children were dressed up in costumes and there was confetti and silly string littering all the streets. There were games and clowns in the streets and a parade here in Milan. Ricardo said that not a lot of people celebrate Carnivale anymore, except for kids.

After Marla left us, I started my new job dancing for Corte Sconta. It has been frustrating time so far. The language barrier is hard and it is just a different way of working than I'm used to. Everyone is allowed an opinion and I just want to go crazy when 5 people are telling me different things to do, most of them in Italian. And they talk so much and their concepts and ideas are sometimes impractical. The dancing itself is cool, but really hard on my body. I have been so sore this week, and it doesn't seem to be getting better. I think it's going to be a long, and confusing 3 weeks before the show.

It looks like spring has come to Milan and the weather is nice and warm. Ben's been riding his bike to school and continuing to work hard at his classes. Tonight he goes to the Milano Vipers hockey game to watch the league playoffs!