Sunday I woke up quite early since I had a bad pain on my left knee especially. I watched TV until Riccardo woke up. It was still raining when I woke up and it kept raining all day. We had lunch at noon and at around 4 p.m. we decided to go to Decathlon. It is a French chain that sells clothing for all type of sports with very reasonable prices. They sell their own brands and also other known brands like Adidas. Even if I buy most of work-out clothes and shoes in the US from Nike or Adidas I've gotten some things at Decathlon. For example, a light weight running wind jacket that I got today, other items that I got in the past include the heart rate monitor and some bike shorts and pants for cycling in the summer or winter.
While we were at Decathlon, Riccardo bought a new set of bike tires suitable for road cycling and some winter clothes that he can use either for running or for cycling.
After Decathlon, instead of taking the highway we went the "longer way" to check if the Fiat dealership was open. On Sundays everything is close except for some bars. This weekend though some stores were open. It's not set which weekend they will open. It's up to the store or the mall which weekend they will be open.
So for a while now, Riccardo has been telling me about a car that he thinks it's a good deal. In reality, it's more of a mini van but it's amazing how little it consumes. The price of gas in Italy at the moment is 1.34€/liter!! Even if most cars use diesel which is cheaper by a little over a dime. Italy uses other types of fuel such as methane and liquid propane. Both of these are a lot cheaper which is better and they don't pollute as much as other types of fuel. Due to the fact that methane is a newer method, it's inconvenient because there aren't that many gas stations selling it. So sometimes you have to go out of your way to fill up your tank.
While we were in the show room, we went inside many cars and I tried the Fiat 500 which is a super little car that is just adorable. From the outside, it seems modern but when you go inside it's seems like you went back to the 60s! It's retro chic. It's actually quite popular here. Anyway if I ever buy a car here I would buy that one. It's really neat. The other cool thing is that I saw an automatic shift car. Oh how much I miss driving!!
Aftere all thi going around, we got a pizza for dinner and watched the God Father. We started to watch the second part of the trilogy but we stopped half way into it because I couldn't keep my eyes open. Tomorrow is Monday so the weekend is over, hoping the next five business days go by quickly, that way, I can see what it is stored for next weekend.
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