Jen and Jenny are common names in Australia but this has not been straight forward here. Italian ears don't tune into Jen well at all, often it became Jane. Jenny was not much better. Spelling it to them was no help as in Italian the alphabet contains no J or Y.
I'd talked this over with Giorgio and thought perhaps they would cope better if I used my 'real' name Jennifer... and they do. It was a few weeks later that he told me that Jennifer is not a 'nice' name here. It's the name always used for the girl that's the butt of jokes. I wished he had told me sooner ... As all Italian female names end in the letter 'a' and males names end in 'o' perhaps I should have chosen Jenna, spelt Genna? Or I could adapt my middle name Marie and join the multitudes of Maria's?
How many Maria's would be in this crowd outside the Duomo in Florence. The city centre is always crawling with people, many on organised tours.
Ponte Vecchio is another 'must see' location for tourists and I thought I could fill in some time there taking photos for all the people that are doing the 'arm stretch and hope I line myself up properly' self portrait.
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