Nothing But Rain

Now I love rain (not) and that is exactly what we have got and will have for some time more. it's disgusting, all of Europe seems to be under this raincloud. Now in case I haven't made myself really clear: I hate rain, I absolutely despise it, it depresses me,makes me want to run away. I never got people who get tired of good weather - that's just crazy talk to me, I mean who can seriously be wanting to be wet, cold and miserable? I did some checking on wunderground and it turns out we would have to go as far as Athens, Sicily, or Tirana in Albania to get some decent weather and that, I am afraid, is not going to happen.
Other than that: more of the same with regards to school options for Max as in Spain: too much administrative hassle, no space available and so I have a hyped up almost-four year old running around the apartment throwing everything in sight pretending to shoot of rockets.
It's our third day here, counting the first which might not be entirely fair as we only arrived in the evening, and so far I have seen practically nothing of Florence, a quick glance at the Duomo with Max yesterday and a One Eurostore where I bought a pair of scissors and a few other odds and ends for the appartment which isn't exactly lavishly equipped with kitchen stuff, plates and cutlery. Then the heavy rain drove us home. Very exciting. I can already tell, though, from walking around the rain that the people here are a stylish bunch. I feel like a darn tourist from the boonies in my fleece and running shoes. Where are the knee-high boots and the coat, where are the gloves and scarves every woman on the street, except the nuns and other tourists seem to wear. In other words: where is the next store where I can update my woefully inadequate warderobe? And where can I get some rubber boots for Max as his enchantment with "puddles" continues.
Yesterday Jutta moved in with us. She is here to take class on how to teach English and is basically in class all day long. But still it's nice to be spending some time with her and on the side learning some English grammar, for example the difference between finite and infinite verbs that we discussed last night.
There is really not much else to write about right now as not much has happend. Uli made three appointments with schools for tomorrow so maybe we luck out after all and at the moment the sun came out. We'll after all tomorrow is supposed to be the only nice day for a week or more. It better be true or I will start looking at flights to Tirana.