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At Least The Weather was Nice

Posted by on Feb 22, 2008 in Blog | No Comments

Just when you start to trust the Kangoo, you take the Lux to the train station so she can spend the weekend in Rome, wait for the train with her for 20 minutes, come back, and the car doesn’t start. No problem! We bought jumper cables last time this happened! Stopping strangers on the street is a great way to practice your Italian (and way easier when you have jumper cables to point at). Eventually I found someone who was willing AND had a car. Turns out it wasn’t the battery. Grr. I called SistaFlav, who called il meccanico, who said he would come as soon as he could (two or three hours, giving me time to study my articuli determinativi). Two hours later, JohnnyJocko showed up to rescue me. (It sure does smooth out the ragged nerves when people start their conversations: “Betsy, bellissima, dove cé?”) Moments after Johnny and I worked out where I was and I put my shoes back on and got in his car, il meccanico showed up. So Johnny left and il meccanico got the Kangoo started. I understood that he would follow me to the Casa del Popolo and then he would lend us his car while he took the Kangoo to the shop. But then when we left the train station and I turned left toward the CdP, he turned right. Huh. So I got home and waited a few minuti and asked JuliaCesar to call him for me. Turns out I was supposed to follow him to the shop. Oops. Guess I should be studying more than articuli determinativi. JuliaCesare came with me this time (let’s just be sure to understand everything this time, no?) and when we got to the shop they gave us the option of waiting half an hour. After two hours, a half doesn’t seem so bad. Especially when you have good company and wacky yellow pom-pom trees to examine.

Il meccanico replaced the starter for free. All tolled, the experience took five hours, but at least it’s a happy ending. The Kangoo is back in action! And at least the weather was really nice.

Josie works just as hard as the rest of us.Just when you start to trust the Kangoo, you take the Lux to the train station so she can spend the weekend in Rome, wait for the train with her for 20 minutes, come back, and the car doesn’t start. No problem! We bought jumper cables last time this happened! Stopping strangers on the street is a great way to practice your Italian (and way easier when you have jumper cables to point at). Eventually I found someone who was willing AND had a car. Turns out it wasn’t the battery. Grr. I called SistaFlav, who called il meccanico, who said he would come as soon as he could (two or three hours, giving me time to study my articuli determinativi). Two hours later, JohnnyJocko showed up to rescue me. (It sure does smooth out the ragged nerves when people start their conversations: “Betsy, bellissima, dove cé?”) Moments after Johnny and I worked out where I was and I put my shoes back on and got in his car, il meccanico showed up. So Johnny left and il meccanico got the Kangoo started. I understood that he would follow me to the Casa del Popolo and then he would lend us his car while he took the Kangoo to the shop. But then when we left the train station and I turned left toward the CdP, he turned right. Huh. So I got home and waited a few minuti and asked JuliaCesar to call him for me. Turns out I was supposed to follow him to the shop. Oops. Guess I should be studying more than articuli determinativi. JuliaCesare came with me this time (let’s just be sure to understand everything this time, no?) and when we got to the shop they gave us the option of waiting half an hour. After two hours, a half doesn’t seem so bad. Especially when you have good company and wacky yellow pom-pom trees to examine.

Il meccanico replaced the starter for free. All tolled, the experience took five hours, but at least it’s a happy ending. The Kangoo is back in action! And at least the weather was really nice.

Josie works just as hard as the rest of us.

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