Saturday morning did not arrive as early as Friday did, but we're still getting up earlier than expected. After a quick breakfast, we headed out to the Palladio mall so we could find something to connect tv to wall and actually work. Oh yea, some food and such too.
This picture was stolen from Rob's adventures before I got here, but it's the same mall. We walked the entire mall to see what they had to offer... definitely interesting escalators - they're pretty much moving sidewalks at an angle... I've never seen something like that before and think it makes a lot of sense... no elevators for strollers or carts, just use the escalator like everyone else! Inside this mall is a casino, a gym, an Emisfero (the walmart store) and the usual listing of clothing and specialty stores. The food court is a little different: the only restaurant that was set up the way I've grown accustomed to was McDonald's (of course!) where you just stand in the line, order, get your food and find a place to eat somewhere outside the restaurant. The other food places were set up with separate dining areas. There were not waiters, but there were people to clean up after us and the food was served on regular dishes, not the disposable kind. Here's what I had for lunch and Rob's dessert:
My food was delish and I definitely plan to have it again (preferably made by me, because if I can make it, I can have it anywhere!!) and Rob didn't complain about his cake, either.
After lunch, we went to Emisfero to find the cables we needed for the tv, the Rob and Felix meandered on while I looked for things we needed. When we linked back up, Felix had carabinieri (Italian military police) toys in his hand and Rob was handing him euro to pay for them. At the checkout, Felix got to pay for his own toys and the cashier was amused. Felix got change and seemed surprised. Now he's collecting euro in his coin bank so he can do fun things and he's already coming up with new entrepreneurial ideas for our new location. I love his ideas... he's always coming up with something new and interesting with which to enrich our lives.
Once again Rob had to leave us from the mall, but this time we were able to at least accompany him to the bus stop. He headed back to post and we headed back to the apartment where I decided to get a little nosy. On the ground floor, there are two entrance doors (each has its own key, naturally) and on one side, there's a laundry room - three washers, three dryers pretty decently sized! I had no idea what was on the other side though, so I decided to find out. Turns out the other side has a storage closet full of the trash people have left in their apartments when they've moved out: several broken bikes, a couple of broken lawnmowers, a dresser with broken knobs, probably every mop ever used here. I was tired, so I didn't really register much about it other than that it was there. Off to bed for us and a lovely lazy Sunday to follow, during which pretty much nothing happened except the start of my blogging this experience and our preparation for the excitement of starting school on Monday!
This picture was stolen from Rob's adventures before I got here, but it's the same mall. We walked the entire mall to see what they had to offer... definitely interesting escalators - they're pretty much moving sidewalks at an angle... I've never seen something like that before and think it makes a lot of sense... no elevators for strollers or carts, just use the escalator like everyone else! Inside this mall is a casino, a gym, an Emisfero (the walmart store) and the usual listing of clothing and specialty stores. The food court is a little different: the only restaurant that was set up the way I've grown accustomed to was McDonald's (of course!) where you just stand in the line, order, get your food and find a place to eat somewhere outside the restaurant. The other food places were set up with separate dining areas. There were not waiters, but there were people to clean up after us and the food was served on regular dishes, not the disposable kind. Here's what I had for lunch and Rob's dessert:
My food was delish and I definitely plan to have it again (preferably made by me, because if I can make it, I can have it anywhere!!) and Rob didn't complain about his cake, either.
After lunch, we went to Emisfero to find the cables we needed for the tv, the Rob and Felix meandered on while I looked for things we needed. When we linked back up, Felix had carabinieri (Italian military police) toys in his hand and Rob was handing him euro to pay for them. At the checkout, Felix got to pay for his own toys and the cashier was amused. Felix got change and seemed surprised. Now he's collecting euro in his coin bank so he can do fun things and he's already coming up with new entrepreneurial ideas for our new location. I love his ideas... he's always coming up with something new and interesting with which to enrich our lives.
Once again Rob had to leave us from the mall, but this time we were able to at least accompany him to the bus stop. He headed back to post and we headed back to the apartment where I decided to get a little nosy. On the ground floor, there are two entrance doors (each has its own key, naturally) and on one side, there's a laundry room - three washers, three dryers pretty decently sized! I had no idea what was on the other side though, so I decided to find out. Turns out the other side has a storage closet full of the trash people have left in their apartments when they've moved out: several broken bikes, a couple of broken lawnmowers, a dresser with broken knobs, probably every mop ever used here. I was tired, so I didn't really register much about it other than that it was there. Off to bed for us and a lovely lazy Sunday to follow, during which pretty much nothing happened except the start of my blogging this experience and our preparation for the excitement of starting school on Monday!
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