Sorry for all the old posts…there was a piccolo complication

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know I have a new home:

Too Tall for Italy!

So update your feeders and blogrolls and I’ll see you in Verona!

Ciao Ciao,

Jessica

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Welcome to the new blog and to my adventures in Verona. If you have been following since my Roman days then thanks for making the trip over to my new home. If you are new, feel free to check out the about me page or browse through the archives . I have transferred all my old posts (but not the comments-blast!) so you will have plenty to catch up on!

So you may be wondering about the title: Too Tall For Italy? Well, since I have been here (almost 2 years!) I have noticed that I am slowly becoming more Italian-like day by day:

• Not going out in public with sweatpants: Check!
• Being concerned about digestion: Check!
• Becoming obsessed with great food and wine: Check!
• Speaking Italian: Getting there!
• Taking even the slightest interest in football: Check!

Even with these accomplishments, I am still distinctly foreign and very American.  But how do they know?! From what I have gathered from the Italians around me is that nothing screams “I am foreign!!!” more than my height!  Apparently it’s a dead giveaway.  No need for me to open my big mouth, just being a whole head taller than most men does the trick. And shopping? Yeah right! All the pants are capris and all the shoes could possibly have fit me when I was in elementary school. My husband?  He had to get “special shoes” with lifts on our wedding day so he could two inches shorter than me- a vast improvement (I was wearing flats). But it was nice to almost look directly into his eyes on that special day. He has declined to incorporate those shoes into his daily wardrobe, however. So, I have been officially declared too tall for Italy, but at least the view is nice from up here!

Hello down there!