Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Pizza

No pizza in the city, no pizza in Subiaco, the trendy, cool suburb. What is going on? Definitely a business opportunity for La Piazzetta or something like that.

In the end, we found it in Northbridge, the former Italian suburb, now turning Asian. There are still a few streets where loud Italians are talking on their mobile on the sidewalk, moving their arms up in the air as they chat. The pizza was great, ready in minutes and the owner's daughter was delignted to instruct us on how to get to the real Italian shops, delis and butchers. Grocery shopping now seems a whole new exciting experience! Aren't Italians great? Anywhere they are?

We're moving this weekend (I said that before, right?), Philippe is starting child care on Tursday when our belingings are being delivered, and I'm now looking for work in Perth!

Ciao, ciao amici!

Friday, March 14, 2008

WA

Things have moved quickly in the last few weeks. Here's a quick update, no photos, sorry I'm writing from an internet cafe until we are established in the new house...

  • It's still summer here, with the daily temperature about anywhere between 30 and 40. A bit hot, really!
  • We found a nice family house in Kensington, we'll be moving next week, right on time for the long Easter weekend. Our furniture has arrived, the car won't be far away...
  • Things are pretty expansive in general but there seems to be a few exceptions. I bought blueberries (from Tasmania) for 2/3 of what I usually paid in Hobart, and there were good - it's a mystery.
  • It shouldn't be hard to find work, Marc has already mentioned me to the System people at SKM and they want to see my resume (I better get busy).
  • After a quest of 10 days, I managed to find sourdough bread; no more of that industrial crap you buy at the corner store.
  • Mission for today: find a nice pizza place who delivers... quite challenging in Perth, really...

Have a good Easter break.
Edith