Lady Day!!!

Today is "la festa delle donne", or in English, the party of the women. Today, Italians celebrate women and their equality with men. One of my classmates explained to me that on this date, however many years ago, there was a women that was killed for trying to defend her belief in the equality of men and women. With the coming of the legal equality of men and women, this day of celebration was born. Throughout the day, during school, on the streets, there were flowers everywhere. Absolutely everywhere. The classic flower to give to women on this day is Mimosa. There were little yellow flowers all over the floor at school today. I happen to like this holiday. My classmate also said that like many other holiday's around the world, this holiday has lost it's significance. It is now viewed more as a day for shopping, eating, dancing....not for the symbolic message that should be felt. I don't remember if I mentioned this before, but another holiday that I have never experienced was the day for the rememberance of all the Jew's murdered in World War II.

Anyway, I also remembered another thing that happened within this last month. My brother, sister, and I were driving home to Ganzirri when suddenly, we heard a shout. There was a man saying that we had a flat tire. We pulled into a gas station to check it out. We had a flat tire all right. It was completely destroyed. For my family, it was almost like that one flat tire that we had on the tent trailer on one of our big trips. The tire that went flat before we even made it to California. It was almost in shreds. Well, we decided that we would change the tire. As it turns out, I was the only person that new how to change the tire. It was interesting. I have never changed a tire before. I guess that driver's ed really did do something for me. :) Anyway, I will write soon!

Love, Rebecca