I'm going to move my neighbors back to the States with me, I think. They're awesome. Dinner tonight, courtesy of them, was some sort of beans (the white kind that you put in soups) mixed with seafood--squid, octopus, mussels, and salmon. It was awesome. Oh, and they gave me some sort of great dessert pastry that I can't put a name to, because I could barely pronounce it and certainly can't remember it. I was invited to dinner in their apartment on Saturday, and I can't wait. Suppose I should pick up a decent bottle of wine or something. Although I did give them a couple of bottles I picked up for them in Montalcino, which they seemed to really appreciate.

On an unrelated note, here's an interesting article on the decline of American civilization....