Before the ending of 2010 I started to get a bit upset because Ronchi78 was too busy, there were too many people, every-time I entered no matter when, it was unbelievably full, it was not my peaceful heaven anymore it was Rome, it was insane it drove me crazy, I was really sad. Everybody let me know that Ronchi78 will be closed for one full week before during and after new years eve. Well I had to accept this obviously but I was in Ronchi78 almost the whole day before they closed for a whole week.... I was worried because I miss Ronchi just being one day away from it, it drives me crazy.
The last evening I spent in Ronchi78 of 2010 it was magical because it was finally peaceful, it is as if heaven granted me Ronchi the end of the year with the same tranquility as I entered it.
It was wonderful, there was not many people, the atmosphere was very peaceful, Christmas lights and decorations everywhere, the atmosphere was very relaxed the lights were soft and everybody was very tranquil.
There were one table where the family was from Spain but spoke with British accents, then there the architect of Ronchi and his beautiful sweet wife also a man from Holland I could comfortably speak to in my mother tongue without a problem it was magical I loved it. There were no craziness what so ever, everybody was relaxed, Max who is obviously a brilliant artist, guitar player and singer entertained all the guests with music, there were also a boy from France or somewhere that also plays guitar where Max took out the Maracas, ohhh how I love the Maracas........... it was absolutely beautiful, what a perfect ending to the year 2010 with Ronchi78, I loved it very much!!!!
New years was amazing, ahhh wow nobody has ever eaten before, before eating in Italy the way Italians cook and eat oh dear, unbelievable! Everything you have ever read about Italian cuisine is absolutely true. The food they make in Ronchis most of the time is like art work, Italy is an art everybody is an artist whether you produce food, whether you write songs and sing it just even on the street, it is unbelievable, its like everybody is born with artistic talent.
In the start of the new year after the actual new years eve I went to Pisa to visit a friend, ohh dear the Tower is really skew and it is really small too, I expected, coming from Milan and Rome for it to be bigger, it was not, it was really tiny but beautiful... Everything was tiny the town, the tower oh but the coastal drive was absolutely beautiful too, we took a drive to Chinque Terre which was incredible....
At the moment Ronchi78 is open again and all my decorations are gone, sigh, and everybody look s sad all of the sudden or very tired or something, nobody is smiling that much and some have the fever, hehehehehehe.... Laura and I have been laughing ourselves almost silly because she cannot speak or understand English and I now understand Italian but actually putting phrases together is still a bit difficult for me. Yesterday she asked me in Italian how you say fever in English, I told her and she she said "ahhhhhh" and started to sing the song "fever" from Elvis Presley or Micheal Buble hahahahahahaha. For Laura it is very difficult to pronounce English words, just even the basics like "hallo how are you" and then also to respond she has difficulty to pronounce "I am fine thank you" its really funny, so I told her to remember Captain Hook, "arrrrrrrrr mateeees" now every-time she asks me "how arrrrrrrrrrrre you" she is adding the sound of captain hook as well as forming her hand into a hook when she says it.
Two days ago we were sitting with little 6 month old Ludovico on the bed and she was singing to lite Ludo "Batti batti le mani" clapping his hands together, so she asked me how to say "batti le mani" in English, at that moment I had no idea that "batti le mani" meant "clap your hands" eventually I figured out that "batti"means clap and Laura showed the meaning of "mani" by rubbing her index fingers as well as her thumbs together so I thought "mani" meant "money", so we were sitting on the bed singing to Ludovic "clap clap for money" hahahahahaha it did not even rhyme and I thought that "wow Italians sings strange songs to their babies", it was really very funny I almost pee'd in my pants that is how much I laughed.
Allora, I don't know, there is not one day that passes in my life where I do not laugh or smile, for me it is impossible to go through one day without laughing or being amused, I love my life it is beautiful magical as well as absolutely unpredictable.
Allora my power is running low, I will write again soon....
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