Fun times

On Saturday June 8th my cousin Matteo and his girlfriend Himena came from Buenos Aires Argentina to visit us.

Jimena is really how her name is spelled, but pronounced He-mena … not to be confused with this guy...

 On that same day they arrived we went to the Guggenheim to see abstract art from Pablo Picasso and other artists’ work. I really like the design of the Guggenheim with all the loops forming a snail-like building. 

Then on Sunday, my mom, and my cousins and I went to Bare Burger and I had  a bison burger with bacon. I had a giant stomach ache because the burger was super big!!! The bison was great and my mom had wild boar, which also was good!

That Monday the cousins went to H+M in NJ and I went to school. When they came back they brought me a t-shirt with a Capricorn and plaid pants, I like them so much that I wear them every day!

Then every other day they went to some place interesting, like the NBC studios, the statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, and I went to school, but one of the days we took a van to go to my  school  and I introduced them to my teachers. Because of Matteo’s big muscles, my friends asked : “Does he play rugby?’’ . 

It really felt good having my cousins over, because I don’t see them often.  In spite of our age difference, my cousin Matteo and I have a lot in common, including our love for our grandpa’s BBQ!  My cousin can speak English much better than my grandfather, whom I have been teaching for 6 years now. I understand Spanish better than I can speak it, therefore, we communicated mostly in Italian. We both did not grow up in Italy, yet we feel very Italian at heart.

I'm planning a trip to Buenos Aires with my mom to visit them and my aunt soon!