We are in a roomy, light-filled, comfortable apartment east of the historical city center, very near the sea. It's in an average neighborhood, so we are getting much more of an idea what life is like here than in the touristy areas we have visited earlier. It's a little seedy and run-down looking outside, but has ordinary people walking through the neighborhood (though there WAS that storefront with some kind of card game going on; an older woman seemed to be guarding the men playing, and when Katie peeked in, she was told in no uncertain terms that no women were allowed!).
Katie was tickled that twice she was asked questions about something in the supermarket. Several times people have struck up (or tried to!) conversations with us. Google translation is a wonderful app! You can have a conversation by pushing buttons back and forth; you can hold up your camera to a sign and magically the words on the signs appear changed to English! The translations are reinforcing and helping recall what I've learned. (I was a bit afraid I would get Pam and Katie scalped!)
So here's a link to my album #LivingLikeAnItalian:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SgcxocRnwqU6PTZB9
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