Moena Pictures 27/03/15 - 12/04/15

Day 247

It's the first day of proper hot weather today, and by that I mean it's 28 degrees and I'm very envious watching everyone in the pool - submerging in water would be perfect right now! Not that I don't like this hot weather, it would just be nice to have a little refresh sesh! Also, side note: I've been in Rome for 8 months today!
Mum and Dad arrived late Tuesday afternoon, and since then we've had the best time together. I've shared my most recent cold with them (it was like my body said, "Zoë, you've been healthy for two weeks straight now, so I think it's time for an illness to keep you on your toes.") which isn't the greatest thing on earth, but at least it's only a cold! We went out for lunch to the best pizza place with Clare, Eliza (Clare's sister) and Jesse (Eliza's boyfriend) in Trastevere on Wednesday. That was super lovely, finally getting to meet them and have our families out together, especially as we don't know when it'll happen again! (That's a rather sad turn this has taken! On a more positive, the pizza really was fantastic - we went back today for more! If you want to check it out the pizzeria is called Dar Poeta, and Fun Fact: it's the same age as me!). Thursday, Mum got to come to bible study and meet the women who've played a very important part in the last 8 months here, and then we had the best take away pasta for lunch (the name of the place I can't remember now..) and I took both parents to Latte for late night gelato *we really need to get back there before this Thursday*. 
Friday saw the beginning of May, and a public holiday for Italy, so needless to say everywhere was rather busy! However, very kindly B and G gave me the day off, and they spent their day with the kids, and I got to spend the whole day with my parentals, just walking here there and everywhere, looking for caches around St Peter's, eating sandwiches, and quite frankly getting rather chilly! (It's amazing how much the weather can change in just a matter of days!). On Saturday we visited the Protestant Cemetery; the most beautiful and peaceful place I've been to in a long time, and especially in Rome. It smells incredible from all the flowers and the trees provide enough shade to keep it all at just the right temperature. And there's a cat sanctuary there, so that makes it even better! Oh, and to add on top of that, Keats and Shelley are buried there, and I'm sorry, Sally, but at that moment in time I had to google to check what they'd written...oops! 
Anyway, that's that for now, stuff will probably happen in the next few days, and I'll try and remind myself to start with Sunday in the next post and follow on from there!
Ciao!!