Spring Cleaning

As I write, I'm sitting in my new room while the 70 degree weather kills me slowly. In the past 3 weeks, I've changed host families, gone through hard times far from home and burned to a crisp. You guys all know about #2 so I'll enlighten you on #1 and #3.
Right before Easter, I switched host families. It's just for a month or two and then I'll be going back to the Braida's. I'm staying with the Germini's now. I have two host brothers, one older than me and the other the same age as me. I also have a host sister who's a year younger than me. I live right outside of the city so now since it's warm, I get to bike to practice everyday. It's not that bad. I actually like it. There's a lot of freedom with a bike and I feel so European. Plus, it's the type of bike I want for university so I'm doing a test run right now. I will be buying the same kind of bike most likely.
I like my new host family. Yes, I miss the Braida's a ton and yes, I get first host family sick. Here, I think I like the guys more than my host sister. The guys are really nice and we get along just well. My host sister is nice too but I like the guys more.
Did I say the highlight for this family is being able to bike into town?
Then last weekend, I went to Parma for a duoathlon as the team cheerleader. Parma was so nice. We left Saturday afternoon and drove 4 hours to Parma. We had rented an apartment room and went out to dinner. Then we went and walked around the center of the city. Since it was 10 at night and all the university students were out and about, Parma really didn't impress me. I bet it's wonderful during the day and the nightlife is great but still. I wished we would've been able to walk around during the day. Sunday, we set out to the University of Parma science campus. Since the duoathlon was running and biking, we had to set up all the bikes. Along with being the cheerleader, I was helping out set up bikes. It wasn't that bad. I thought it was fun. For all my CO readers, it was 80 and sunny. How's the snow?
I went for a run with my coach and Vicky while she did her warm up. Then the races started. It was 2000 km of running, then 6000 km of biking and finally a 1000 km run. I think if I ever did a duoathlon or triathlon, I would be laying dead on the sidewalk 3 minutes after the race started. I give these kids massive props for being able to do this.
Because the sun was out and my skin was white, I decided to wear a tank top and shorts. Well, I kind of forgot the most important ingredient; sunscreen. Oops. My shoulders are burned but now they're tan because I've been putting so much cream on them. Sorry Mom. I learned my lesson.
I also got to eat Parmigiano Reggiano cheese there. Note to everyone: Just because it's called Parmigiano Reggiano doesn't mean it's made in Parma. It's made in Reggiano, a city near by. Parma is famous for its prosciutto.
All in all, Parma was amazing. The weather was amazing. I've never seen 80 degree weather in April. I've never gotten burned in April. I'm not coming home I've decided.
Then this weekend I'm going to Vicenza for an Israel peace conference get together and then next weekend I'll be in Rome. I'm going to ROME!!!! Yey!! I will take a ton of pictures for your enjoyment on Facebook. It's going to be sunny too! Shorts, skirts, lots of skin showing. I love spring in Italy.