Gavirate, Italy - day 1&2

So the plane trip finally ended for me yesterday 6.15pm local time and after spending 6 hrs @ Heathrow airport. The take off from Heathrow was rather an interesting one, the planes literally took off every minute or two. You could probably imagine the turbulence, and that's exactly how it felt. I will never complain about dash 8 flights from Canberra ever! Mike greeted me from the airport and drove me back to Gavirate, a province in Italy, Varese. Well, let me describe you how horrified I was sitting on the right passenger seat. When you think driving in parts of Asia is scary, hold that thought for a moment. Imagine Canberra, with the runabouts, now multiply the traffic by 100 and the right side of the traffic are on the Right side... Yes. So going around roundabouts from the opposite directions... It doesn't help when I kept telling Mike that he is driving on the wrong side of the road! Anyway, my whole body is still adjusting to the ground level. I had beautiful gnocchi ala Zola for dinner yesterday. The softest and tastiest gnocchi I have ever tasted in my life. The Garivatians take their pizza seriously here, simple at its best! Just cheese with one other ingredient. Everything seems to be served a little bit salty here but the coffee is divine and that's all that matters! Objective for today: grocery shopping so my husband can start eating proper & healthy food :)