italy here I come

I got an email a couple of weeks ago from an Italian family who are looking for an aupair for a month from mid June to mid July. I ummed and ahhed a bit as I do with any decision, but in the end emailed back telling them a little more about me and the fact that my Italian is little to none. I didn't hear back from them for ages and so had presumed it was a dead end, until this evening. Well it seems the wish to offer me the job and I've decided to take it. I will get back from my language course in Provence at the beginning of June and have 1 week in order to get my head into Italian mode.

I do enjoy the fact that you really can't predict life, and so long as you take a few steps in order to make it interesting, you will be rewarded. My few steps were freeing myself up enough to be able to take advantage of oportunities, putting my details on an aupair website and hey presto, new exciting oportunities come my way.

So Squinzano, little tiny town in southern Italy, a region famous for it's wine and olive oil, beaches and long warm nights, here I come. Must stock up on suntan lotion!