I forgot to mention a church we saw yesterday before the movie. The church is Saints Ambrose and Charles. Very modern entrance of glass panels and the stations of the cross are very modern sculptures. The rest of the church is the typical over the top gold and ornate-ness. St. Charles’s heart is in a box in a back chapel.
After we got back to our neighborhood, riding the bus, the B subway line, changing at Termini, on to the A subway line to our stop, we headed to the Chinese place around the corner for soup and fried rice. And crispy duck. Then we went to the Post Office to open Andy’s bank account. She got it! They gave her all the contracts for her account…almost 100 pages. All in Italian! She signed more times than when we buy a house in the states. She has called her money people to send money to her new account…so,that should be in the works. Gan I hear a big hallelujah from all of you? Our next thing is to wait for a letter telling us our Elective Residence Card is ready and we go to our local Police Station to pick that up. Just a few blocks from here. Couldn’t be the one right around the corner from the apartment, could it? That should come in 4-6 weeks.
In spite of all the red tape, government papers, fees and inconvenience of all of this, not to mention the language barrier on both sides, the Italians we have dealt with have been kind, patient and just go out of their way to be helpful any way they can. American civil servants could take a lesson.
Worn out…going to bed…it’s almost 8 pm!
Another big day domani…I’m sure.