December 3rd, 7 p.m.
Dear
Claire,
Two
more weeks have passed and I have so many exciting news to tell you!
First of all,
I felt immediately better after the last time I wrote you, maybe because I knew
that a celebrity would come to speak at my school and when I heard that she was Penelope Cruz, I forgot all about being homesick. The actress has come to Italy
to make a film in Rome but she is been spending some more months in this
country to promote it in various cities. “To Rome with love” is an upcoming romantic
comedy film composed of four episodes where the protagonists are some American tourists
in the capital city. Penelope talked about the plot and different related
topics. After this interesting speech I even got to meet her and I got an
autograph! I was so nervous but the beautiful actress made me feel at ease and
noticing my Spanish accent, she wanted to know something about my stay here in
Italy. I’m sure that when I come back to Spain, Lola, Pilar and the others
friends will be so jealous!
Furthermore,
a few days later my mother told me that she was going to come and visit me next
weekend and now I’m really impatient to see someone from my family. With my
host family I have planned several activities to do with my mum around the
place that has become my new home. I decided to go sightseeing in the centre of
Vicenza, showing her the main monuments and buildings that I’ve recently seen such
as Andrea Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico, the oldest surviving enclosed theatre in
the world as the guidebook say, the Basilica Palladiana, a Renaissance building
in the central Piazza dei Signori and Palazzo Thiene.
Andrea
suggested that we spend an afternoon close to nature at Parco Querini (how
sweet!) and Lucia said that I must absolutely have dinner in a
restaurant where my mum can have a taste of Vicenza’s cuisine with traditional
dishes like the Baccalà alla Vicentina, made from stockfish and served on or
next to polenta, or rice and peas. I am looking forward to seeing my mum and
show her around Vicenza. I’m sure she will enjoy this city.
By
the way, Francesco is calling me because dinner is ready so I must go.
See you,
Claire!
Martina
Scortegagna
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