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So I have moved continents and am now in Pisa, Italy. I see the leaning tower everyday (yes, I do. While crossing one of the roads, if I look right, there it is :P!). Life is good, and a lot of fun. Made new friends, and had fun in general.

Now, what are my observations of this place.

1. Italy is amongst the warmer countries of Europe. But don’t get misled. Warm means, you go down to only around -2 or -3 in the night. Not lower. So yes, Italy is warm.
2. I am sick of cheese. The rule of thumb here is, if you cannot figure out what something in the menu is, 99 times out of 98, it is some type of cheese. I mean who names a cheese “Gorgonzola”. That sounds like the name of a monster destroying some japanese city in a horror film! But no, that is the name of a cheese.
3. The people are very well dressed. When I start saying things like that, there has to be something. As N found out the hard way, fashion and I, do not really make any sense. But, I am confident that at the end of my stay in this country, I will be more fashion aware than my sister who does that for a living!
4. There are Indians everywhere in the world! I sit down for lunch in the cafeteria, and guess what. There is an Indian to the left of me, there is an Indian to the right of me. And there is a Croat sitting opposite me! Where are the Italians in Italy?!
5. Talking about Indians, turns out the benchmark for your Italian is Mangesh’s italian. In fact the benchmark for your skill in any language is Mangesh’s italian.
6. Mangesh’s italian reminds me. I take this moment to invite you to my funeral three years from now. Marko (and he’s the croat) has promised me that if my italian is as bad as Mangesh’s italian three years from now, he will murder me. Considering my skills in picking up languages, I think its time to start preparing for a funeral and a murder trial. Law enforcement authorities, please note this.
7. Did I mention that Marko sucks at the PS3? (contrary to the rumours he is spreading around in the lab!)
8. The weather. When a Goan finds 6C as warm, you can be sure there is something wrong..

To all my friends on facebook. If you are getting sick of the tower pictures in my album, well, you guys are screwed. There is nothing except the tower (and yours truly) to see in Pisa. OTOH, Florence seemed quite interesting. Unfortunately my camera’s battery ran out that day.

Now I am wondering. Should this blog now move to http://www.thegianis.in/pisa/blog since I am no longer in Bangalore..

(*: If you read Asterix and Obelix, the title should be apparent )