Just another normal day

So this is a recent shot of us. Benjamin is holding a little present with candies and a CD with Christmas songs on it for children, in Italian of course. Santa Claus visited their kindergarten today. :) He was so excited! 

"Mama! It was the Real Santa! Because he had a Horse!!!"

"Really! Well, I didnt know Santa had a horse... Did the horse pull his slay?"

"Nooo!! He was Riding on it!!"

We are obviously talking about the Italian Santa.

Ez a kep tegnap keszult rolunk. Benike kezeben egy kis csomag van, Mikulas bacsi latogatott el hozzajuk ma az oviba. Olyan izgatott volt!

"Mama! A Milukas az Igazi volt!! Mert volt egy lova!"

"Oh, igen? Haaat...nem tudtam, hogy a mikulasnak van lova... A lo huzta a szankot?"

"Neeem!! Mikulas a lovon ult!"

Nyilvanvaloan az olasz mikulasrol beszelunk, aki lovon kozlekedik. 

Benjamin with his best friend from kindergarten, Simone

Benike es legjobb kis baratja az ovibol, Simone

So today Scott and I walked to the Tabaccheria to charge Scott's phone and also to practice a little bit of Italian. The little old man is so cute in the booth, I wish I could speak better, I would just ask him if I could sit with him for a while and listen to his life story. The tabaccheria (tobacco shop) by the way is very small, has a small counter, and shelves with glass all around and up the walls. Behind the glass you see these amazing little things, deodorants from the nineties, little plastic doll from the seventies, dusty bottles of cologne, old looking but never used make-up, vintage cigarette lighters, really old postcards, small flowery soaps for ladies.... I dont know if those things are for sale or for decoration only. I think they are for sale. It is amazing though, it is like a time travel looking at them. 

The objects are always the same behind the glass, nobody ever touches or buys them. At least not that you can tell. 

Little side story..

Anyhooo.

Walking back to our appartamento I found this thing on the ground. 

Looks like something...like a cross between a cacti and a chestnut. I gotta investigate.

Scott es en ma elsetaltunk a dohanyaru trafikba. Scottnak fel kellett toltenie a telefonjat, es egy kis olaszt is akartunk gyakorolni. A kis oreg ember olyan aranyos, ha kicsit jobban tudnek olaszul, megkernem, hogy hadd uldogeljek vele egy kicsit, szivesen meghallgatnam az elettortenetet. A trafik amugy nagyon cuki, kicsi pultja van, es az egesz falat beboritjak a vitrines polcok. A polcokon pedig egy csomo regi aru van, 8o-as evekbol valo poros kolnis uvegek, pici szappanok, 30 evesnek kinezo poros haju baba, regi ongyujto, nagyon regi kepeslapok stb. Mintha az ido megallt volna a vitrin mogott. Ugy tunik soha senki nem nyitja ki az uveget, nem vesz semmit. De akkor miert! Dekoracio? Ki kell nyomoznom. 

Kis kitero...

Szoval.

Ahogy jovunk hazafele, az uton talaltam ezt az erdekes termest.. nem lattam meg soha ilyet, mintha egy kaktuszt es egy gesztenyet kereszteztek volna. 

Here is the 5 Liter of olive oil Scott got for the 3 days of olive picking he did a couple of weeks ago. 

It tastes really good and fresh! Nothing you can buy at the store for sure!

I like to pour some on a small plate, season it with some salt, pepper and basil... aslice up some fresh baguette and dip them in the oil....mmm. Molto buono!!

Itt az 5 liter oliva olaj amit Scott kapott a 3 napi oliva bogyo szedesert. Nagyon finom es friss az ize. Ilyet nem lehet a boltban venni, az biztos.  Ugy a legfinomabb, hogy toltok egy kis olajat egy kis tanyerkara. Meghintem soval es borssal, es egy kis bazsalikommal... majd friss es puha bagett darabokat martogatok bele...... Molto buono!! 

It is a little hard to see, but there is a white statue between the trees. It is Padre Pio. I have never heard anything about this guy before we moved to Italy, but he is obviously very "influential" in this region in the life of the Catholics. 

We see him everywhere, his statues to be more precise, on squares, in parks, in front of apartment buildings, there are a galore of things that they named after him, bakeries, streets, schools etc. 

We will talk about him and his influence on the Italian culture later. 

Kicsit nehez latni, de van egy fehez szobor a fak kozott. Ez Pio Atya. Mielott Olaszorszagba koltoztunk, nem hallottam soha errol a fickorol, de ebben a tersegben nagyon nagy imadata van a katolikusok koreben. Mindenhol ott van a szobra, parkokban, tereken, tarsashazak elott, egy csomo dolgot elneveztek rola, pekseget, iskolat, utcakat...stb. Kesobb majd beszelunk az olasz kulturara tett hatasarol.