Sorry to be reporting this so late, but I’ve been transferred. At this moment I am in a little city named Siena. I think it is the most beautiful city I’ve ever seen in my whole life. It doesn’t seem real – I feel like I am walking around Disney World or something. It is totally awesome. The streets are paved with stones and they all narrowly carve their way through mazes of old buildings laced with large windows and shutters and an occasional old grizzled person looking down at the traffic below. It is so incredible that I can’t really find the words the adequately describe it.
Our apartment is cool too. – 50 times better than my previous living arrangement in Rome. The only catch is that we live with 3 university students – that’s a little strange. They are always listening to the radio and watching TV. But they seem to be really cool, and this situation should definitely help me out with the language more. The only bad thing about being Siena is the actual missionary work – it doesn’t seem to be going so great here. Maybe it is because Siena has such a rich history and tradition, and this wraps everyone into a culture where there isn’t really a place for new religion. I have to go bed though, so more on that tomorrow.
