DAY 221: Valentine's day

Last year I celebrated Valentine's day for the first time in my life! It was the first time for Ben as well (I'm pretty sure, and in any case there's no reason to be jealous of that :-).

I got up in the morning finding a bright yellow sunflowers bunch... but there was more, Ben bought me a little teddy bear and a big bar of toblerone as well.

Ben doesn't like to be too sweet instead of me, but when he acts in this way he is the best! He also bought me a card where there was a wheel to spin and see what was my reward for the day!

As present I did a little "book" to study italian, with all the typical italian colours on the cover and Ben's name on an Italian soccer jersey on the back.

The rest of the day was beautiful, we went to St. Kilda for a Festival and then we had dinner at Rococò, a very nice and yummy place.

I have lots of pictures which belongs to that day, photos taken in the bed with flowers and teddy bears!

This morning (February 2011) I'm looking for the card and the teddy Bear, to take them to Florence (Where I'm going to study for the next months)... however it seems as if they disappeared! What have you done mum?! ahah

DAY 183: My first night in Melbourne

Ben thought he would have seen me dressed in red.

I was dressed in red the second night that I was in Barcelona, but I don't think this was the main reason why he thought I would have been in red. Probably he saw many pictures of me on facebook with red clothes, or maybe just because red is the colour of passion, and I always act as a thunder of energy.

Actually I like that colour! So he wasn't totally wrong.

(a picture from Barcelona's nights)

However I wasn't wearing red that night, I had a grey fleece jumper and I wasn't as cute as I hoped after 22 hours of flight... I was a mix of “Matteo and Garbage”!

I was really really excited, I couldn't wait to see him again after our three nights together in Barcelona. It was a risk, it was a long jump, but there were too many coincidences... I deeply knew it that Ben was a good boy, I always trust my sensations and hopefully I was right.

Ben was scared about the possibility that I wouldn't like him... I had the same feeling some days before, but there were too many things that we both had in common to not give a chance and a sequel to the unforgettable Barcelona's nights.

At the airport Ben was waiting with his friends Rob and Glen. During the way back home It was amazing the scenery of the city in the night with all the skyscraper lighted, I had never been I an a metropolis like Melbourne, it was like a movie for me!

We went to Glen's to drink some wine and have a nice talk then straight to Ben's house. 

One of the first thing that I saw in there was the photo of me and Ben on the fridge... it was so cute, it was a picture of us from Barcelona. Soon After I had a shower to clean my “Bin flavour” and then I went in our room and I kissed him, I waited that moment so long!

It was from 2 hours that we wanted to do that, I can still remember a worried Ben while we were drinking at Glen, he was probably thinking “will he kiss me or won't he?” using an imaginary daisy in his fantasies.

If I had telepathic abilities I would have transferred in Ben's mind a little bit of relax “you of course!”.

We were both embarrassed but just one kiss helped to thaw out and re-start from the point where we stopped in Spain 6 months before.

your / our

I loved when Ben used to correct me when I said things like “it's in your room”.

He said “it's our room”.

These little things meant a lot to me.

And even if the bed wasn't the most comfortable... I really miss that room, our little world.

DAY 576: Moments like this

I feel so depressed... sometimes I suddenly fall in this condition, I miss so much Ben that I couldn't think about anything else. I'm trying to keep my mind busy, but it doesn't work well, I just want to hug him.
And what can I do? ...I eat! I eat whatever I find in the kitchen, not exactly the best way to slim and get ready for the next summer!
This morning I did a Lemon tarte with a meringue topping, it was one of the best dessert I ever had in Melbourne (at "Cosi"). I always wanted to make one for Ben, but I Never had the occasion :-(

I miss when Ben gave me a kiss early in the morning before going to work. 

He was so cute waring his suit, the best way to get up early in the morning.

Have a good day at work / buon lavoro!

...

And I miss when Ben called me “cutie pie”...

but I'm sure he doesn't miss when I used to call him “big groundhog” ahah. He didn't like it... but I love it!

Ok now I should come back to reality and do something.

DAY 186: A refreshing summer afternoon

We went to a place called Railway, they told me it was one of the best hotel / bar to enjoy friends and drinks during the hot Melbourne's summer.

At the begin I was surprisingly shocked by the price of alcohol (in Italy drinks and cocktails are much cheaper, for example and you can get a good bottle of vodka for $10) but soon I forgot about that, it was one of my first days there and I wanted to enjoy them as much as possible.

I would never forget my first Pimm's jug, as big as a bottle and full of strawberries, cucumber, lime, orange, lemon and of course its main element... the Pimm's, a light british alcohol that I never had before in my life!.

It was so cool, although they taught me “cool” is not anymore a cool word, it was the best way to begin my Australian experience!

At the Railway it was full of new people to to know; the funny thing was that these “strangers” already knew about my existence, they knew that me and Ben met in Spain the last summer.

They were happy, they actually couldn't believe I came to Australia.

DAY 452: Just a little question

I asked Ben:

“which one do you think is the best day that you have spent with me”?

He said that it was when I came back in May, during the route to the airport when he came to pick me up around 5am. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep the night, and driving on the freeway in the middle of night was electrifying.

DAY 316: The return

After 2 months spent in Italy studying hard to achieve my degree I came back to Melbourne.

When the airplane landed I knew Ben was already at the airport waiting even it was 5.30 am.

I collected my baggage and I was ready to go to the quarantine controls (in Australia they are very inflexible with controls!) hoping that my Italian biscuits weren't “toxic”.

The Krumiri (the name of the biscuits from Casale Monferrato, my Italian hometown) went into a strange machinery whereas a man similar to a Japanese scientist was looking at a digital screen.

Everything was all right, the high percent of butter wasn't a problem for the quarantine desk!

I put my hands on the luggage trolley and I started to run towards the automatic door,

“go Matteo go!” it was the voice in my head!

The door opened and... crush!

The trolley bumped against the corner of the door!

Ben saw me, he smiled. The first image he had of me was my clumsiness become real! Then I reached and kissed him, finally after waiting long two months.

It was the begin of the second and biggest part of my story with Ben.