A normal start today. When I got to the shop at 9 I carried on with my reed ago regulating from yesterday. I soon finished and Claudio checked all the reeds with me and explained where I'd gone wrong a few times. After a lot of sitting around again it was soon lunch time.
Nutella toast and Italian cheese crisps filled me up. I practised the accordion before walking into Stradella again. When I arrived at the gelateria the lad behind the counter greeted me with a cheery "Ciao!" and a smile before asking if I wanted a "copetta" (tub). He'd clearly remembered me and my order... my plan is working! We parted with "alla prossima", which means "until next time!" Happy days. I walked back to the shop in the scorching sun and had to sit outside for ten minutes as Claudio was yet to arrive. I did have to get rid of an Italian lady who wanted directions or something. I'm not quite sure what possessed me to answer her call of "Scusa", walk over and pretend I could speak Italian, but hey ho. I just kept saying "I don't know" and she eventually got the message.
In the afternoon I had a go at glueing valves onto reeds. I had to re-do a few because I cut too much off the end, which left holes. No good. After that Claudio gave me more reed blocks to demount and clean - basically starting again on the whole process I've been doing for over a week. Joy. He apologised but said it had to be done because Romano is coming back to collect them next Friday. This occupied me for the rest of the afternoon and will carry over to tomorrow. Just before close an old man came in with his accordion and Claudio soon discovered it was a very simple and quick problem that needed solving. The old man started speaking to me in Italian so Claudio had to explain my whole story. The old man then gave me 5€ as a present. I'm still not sure why...
We locked up and went home, where I made a cheese pasta bake - the best thing I've made since I've been here. I went next door afterwards to watch the football and eat ice cream.
And so, the end of another day.
Ci vediamo x
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