Tuesday night I had dinner with my landlord and his family. They live in the apartment tower next to mine. His wife is Spanish, from Madrid area, and they have two sons, one nearing the end of high school, the other just starting at Bocconi University in economics. Everyone in the family speaks English pretty well, and they are really nice and quite cosmopolitan.
We had some sparkling wine, and chips for appetizers. (Italians love potato chips! They show up at aperitivo spreads at places you'd think were too fancy for that.) My landlord's wife made a delicious dinner. We started with a white lasagne with zucchini, and then had a salad course with a mixed greens and carrot salad, bread and five kinds of cheese. Dessert was clementines and tiramisu. All delicious. Followed up by decaf espresso.
We talked about the different cities in the US. The oldest son spent some time in Naples, Florida, and the family has vacationed in New York. They want to send the youngest son somewhere on exchange and are trying to pick out a place. We talked about places to visit in Italy, and tips on places to eat and buy groceries in Milan.
I think I stayed later than I should have, but I really was having a good time! I need to work on my Italian so I can do some talking in Italian with them next time!
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