Our new house!

Today we met our landlords- Lucia and Guiseppe, at the front gate of the base and had a translator prepare our lease for us. So I was well aware that most Italians will do the "double kiss" on the cheek when they greet you. I even knew that you're supposed to do left cheek first. But I panicked. I went right, Guiseppe went left, and BAM. Kiss on the lips. Awkward.

We signed the lease, everything went well, then our friend Rob followed them in his car for us to go to the gas company. Signed our name to some Italian contract which apparently last for 10 years. Es no problem. Afterwards the landlords invited us back to the house to check it out. Which obviously meant being invited to their apartment, having espresso and biscotti and some type of potato chips? Met their daughter and her twin 2 year old boys, Francesco and Dario. SO CUTE. Their daughter Leah is about my age and lives on the 3rd floor. She speaks a few more english words than Mama y Papa. We had our friends Rob, Kim and their baby Julietta with us for the visit, ended up leaving with the bag of chips, and some random toy that Lucia took from a crying Francesco and insisted that baby Julietta have. They are so hospitable and so sweet, we were able to translate "a chair is always open for you at our table". We are in FULL Italian immersion mode now- no turning back!! We move our loaner furniture ( ours won't be here until the 25th) and things in next thursday or Friday- I can't wait!!