Sabato 12 Aprile

Ciao a tutti!

My first post! Hopefully I can keep it up! Instead of posting on so many forums I thought I'd just create one blog where I can rant and rave about life in this wonderful, but frustrating country!

Ive finally moved in to my own place last week, which is surely going to bankrupt me, but at the age of 30 I thought it was time to grow up and go it alone! Although the average Italian wouldn't understand this... hint hint to a certain 37 year old still living with Mamma e Papa.... At 18 us Brits can't wait to leave home. We choose the university furthest away from our parents infact... here, the average age for leaving home is 37! Something I've long since given up trying to understand.

This morning I was woken up at 745 by my bed shaking...I started to think I'd moved in to some dodgy building or some one upstairs was banging around rather excessively! I didn't think anything more of it til Roma Boy (RB) called me and asked if I'd felt the earthquake! Good to know I'm not living in a building that is about to fall down then!

The miracle of all miracles occured today! You will probably need to live here to understand what a big deal this though.... Two months ago I bought a new suitcase with funky wheels that turn everywhere... well...on my first trip to the UK last month I soon found out that the wheels didnt exactly turn! I finally got round to taking it back to the shop today and they replaced it immediately! No questions asked! I nearly fainted on the spot! Here you can never ever return anything, and if you can you usually have to swap with something in the shop there and then! Are things finally changing here?