It’s currently 22° and raining. I’m wearing a sweatshirt.
I guess this can only mean that I’ve adjusted to the warm weather here. It’s actually been quite a pleasant summer. There was only 1 week where the weather was unbearably hot and that was without having a fan. It’s been really nice since then. Even when it’s hot there’s usually a nice breeze here. The hottest time of the day seems to often be in the morning. It’s kind of deceptive on a hot day to go to work in the heat and have it (seemingly) be cooler when you get off work.

and on a totally different topic.
There’s a waitress I don’t really know named “Isa” – I assume that’s short for Isabella, but I’m not sure…anyways I was reminiscing about a different time I met someone named Isabella and my immediate comment was something like “Oh, do you go around converting non-christians at swordpoint”…The problem with my humour is that it’s a stretch for even english speakers to get (think spanish inquisition)…if I make a joke like that with a non native speaker they have to connect about 4 dots to get the joke (swordpoint is probably a word they’ve never heard)…and even then the joke isn’t funny. Just sort of an off-hand remark (or “witty retort” if you will).
There are basically two reactions from a non-native speaker to this sort of comment I make…1) confused look or 2) laughter…but not real laughter, just the sort of laughter indicating that I said something frickin hilarious and they’re laughing out of principle (cuz they know how hilarious I am) – even though they don’t get it…

This in turn makes me think of a comment Matt made to me once about having a non-native speaker for a girlfriend…I’ve had germans get almost irritated at me for making a witty/sarcastic remark. No matter how hilarious it was they seemed annoyed at having to connect dots in search of humour.

Another thing I noticed today (cuz it was raining all day)…The Italians are much better than the germans at recognizing umbrella status whilst walking on a sidewalk.
I think I mentioned a long time ago that if you’re walking in Germany without an umbrella (on a sidewalk) towards someone with an umbrella the person with the umbrella doesn’t seem to register the fact that you’re hugging the building to avoid rain because you don’t have an umbrella and they expect you to move out into the rain to get out of their way…(I hope that explanation made sense). The Italians are the opposite. If a person is walking towards you and they have an umbrella – and you don’t – they will make a point to move away from the building and into the rain so you can stay on the building side.
This is very nice of them 🙂