tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185981802863699688.post788624926294363689..comments2024-03-27T04:59:12.722-07:00Comments on O Beauty Unattempted!: Teatime Ten: Maria GraziaEmily C. A. Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559973015028267709noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185981802863699688.post-26149393750601542562011-11-23T12:46:25.299-08:002011-11-23T12:46:25.299-08:00@Nina
I'll let you believe in the romantic ima...@Nina<br />I'll let you believe in the romantic image of Italy you've got :-) <br />We can't ride bikes (except for mountain-bikes) in the area I live in (hills and mountains). And Italian men don't usually sing in the streets. Neither "O sole mio" nor "That's amore" or "Bellissima" (???). But Italy IS a beautiful country.I know I'm lucky for that.<br />Very few things work and there are lots of problems but... Italy IS beautiful. (I often compare it to a gorgeous woman with very little brain :-/ ) <br />I love Italy much, much less Italians. Most of them, nor all of them.Maria Graziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185981802863699688.post-41876220739432159272011-11-23T09:08:47.935-08:002011-11-23T09:08:47.935-08:00Low wage, unmotivated students you'd find ever...Low wage, unmotivated students you'd find everywhere as a teacher. <br />But, you're doing it in Italy! You get to be Julia Robert riding your bike through beautiful setting, eating scrumptious pizza (no bacon and pineapple, ever!), and hearing Italian men singing as you pass by, "Bellisima!" <br /><br />That is what I'm envious of.<br /><br />Nina<br /><br />Who firmly believes that the grass is greener in Italy. Let me have my dream. ;)Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185981802863699688.post-84429680264174454642011-11-23T07:02:48.267-08:002011-11-23T07:02:48.267-08:00@Phylly3
As I said, I get up early in the morning ...@Phylly3<br />As I said, I get up early in the morning and I go to bed late. I usually sleep 5 hours per night. I don't suffer from insomnia, if that what you mean. I sleep tight but little. It's not a "problem" but a choice.<br />Thanks for joining us at Teatime, P.!Maria Graziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185981802863699688.post-64163167925424741832011-11-22T23:47:53.649-08:002011-11-22T23:47:53.649-08:00Hi MG!
I don't know how you do all you do, but...Hi MG!<br />I don't know how you do all you do, but I think one of your secrets must be lack of sleep. ;) <br />Very nice interview!Phylly3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10551254554577516351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185981802863699688.post-44319453023676212292011-11-22T23:02:29.221-08:002011-11-22T23:02:29.221-08:00Thanks for reading, Nina. Envious of living in Ita...Thanks for reading, Nina. Envious of living in Italy or of teaching to teenagers? Because teaching in Italy is not exactly the most popular job at the moment :-/ Low wages, loads of work, unmotivated lazy misbehaved students. But I'm lucky, I know. My students are not that bad, my wage is enough for me, I love what I do!<br />As for the game of the new couples, ... you won't tell Mr Darcy or Henry, nor Lizzie or Catherine, will you? ;-)Maria Graziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185981802863699688.post-37455843758883090882011-11-22T18:48:39.287-08:002011-11-22T18:48:39.287-08:00Maria Grazia,
How cool is that, teaching literatu...Maria Grazia,<br /><br />How cool is that, teaching literature to young people in Italy. I'm envious.<br /><br />I, too, love Henry Tilney and Catherine Moreland, but bite you tongue, Maria. None of that Darcy and Catherine and Elizabeth and Henry, now, you hear!<br /><br />Nina Benneton.Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.com