Randomness

Today was wet and miserable, and I was in a dreary mood until setting foot
in a bookstore this evening. They were playing Queen, which is always a
good start, and I did surprisingly well at deciphering the pithy literary
quotes on the walls. Besides, bookstores are naturally soothing places
for me. It was interesting to see Italian translations of books I've read
- I think I might pick up Harry Potter for giggles.

Language has been a theme today. I had a very interesting trilingual
conversation with a girl from Spain. We have similar levels of Italian,
and she spoke just a little less English than I speak Spanish. It was
interesting to see how the conversation went, and I was really proud to be
able to tell her Italian words for Spanish equivolents!

One last note: when asking outfit advice from two ladies at the hostel who
were of conflicting opinions, one said "come on, trust the Italian girl
over the French one". As it happens, the Italian girl's opinion meshed
with mine (the colors clashed).

Ciao!