I'm Here!

Well I made it! Unharmed but a little tierd. It should please you all to know that I am with a wonderful famliy. My mother Madda is so sweet and although she doesn't speak English we can comunicate enough. My father is Chico (Keeko). He is very nice and speaks a little English. Whenever we are in the car (macchina) he speaks to me in Italian and then says what he said in English (as best as he can) which is turning out to be very helpful! My brother Giacomo is great. He is my translator when conversations get to fast for me, and is helpful when I have no idea what to do...or what I am doing. He hehe. For the most part everything is going great. I do wish I could skip this awkward part of my exchange and just know Italian but life isn't that easy.
I do miss home, but only when I have down time. Today mi familga brought me on a picnic to a famous church. I do not know the name. (I didn't understand...) But the church is famous because of the long (and I mean really long) staircase that leads to it. The staircase starts at the bottom of a very steep hill and continuse to the church (at the top). Giacomo told me that not to long ago, (but not anymore) people used to pray as they walked up the stairs on their knees. So imagine the stairs at the captial building...now multiply by 4... and make them really really steep...yea...people do crazy things!

That has been my adventure so far! Oh and I can't work my camera so pictures are on hold. Sorry.
Ciao!