13th of April

Yuceppe told me that in Italy, food is so important to people, that when you have a friend on the phone, one of the first questions you ask is: “What have you eaten today?” It remembered me Maman and me, when one of us went to the restaurant, we always want to know what she has eaten... and I usually feel embarrassed that I may seem obsessed by food.

Party is to London what food is to Italy: “What did you do yesterday? What time did you get home? How many drinks have you had?”

And if my stomach was hurting today, I was not asked if I had an illness, but everybody would say: “Too many drinks yesterday, hen?” They are obsessed.

I was surprised that even my manager enquires every morning if I partied the night before and encourages me to do so... even if I had to come to work hang over!