Work, Concerts, Research, and Friends!

I'm doing so many wonderful things I love and that make me happy.
Work, Concerts, Research, and Friends!
Benedetta at Umberto Tozzi's concert - December 14, 2022

Every day I'm prouder of myself. I tell myself that. I'm doing so many wonderful things I love and that make me happy. It's a shame my internship at the American Palace Hotel ended. A month is not enough. I'll go back there as soon as I can. I love working—it's fantastic. When I went back to school, I didn't feel like it on the first day. Five of us did this amazing research project and we did it at my house. I was so happy about that! My classmates came to do the research with me at home. Then on the weekend I went to Montevarchi where my friend Sara Girolami lives. I call Sara every evening and I want to talk to her whole family. First with Giacomo-Jack, who's her older brother and sleeps in his own room but plays futsal and has a girlfriend in Pontassieve. Then Sara and Betta are sisters and they share a bedroom. The parents share a bedroom too: Anna and the amazing Tommaso, number 1.

My birthday is coming up soon. I turn nineteen on January 1st. They're coming from Montevarchi. Then I want to have a party where we can dance. I'm going to call my friends from Castiglione della Pescaia—the ones who played songs in July and August while I danced. They always played Umberto Tozzi songs, and on the 14th I'm going to his concert at the Brancaccio Theater. I go to the theater a lot. I've also seen Lorella Cuccarini and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." The theater is wonderful because it's real. I go to the cinema too, but the cinema is less real. I only go because there's a bowling alley nearby and I can eat pizza. On the 17th I'm doing a concert with my choir, the Mani Bianche, and I got a season pass to watch Roma play at the Olimpico Stadium. The best match will be Roma-Empoli because my best friend Duccio Degl'Innocenti plays for Empoli—he's my beach umbrella neighbor. He's the son of Catiuscia and Luciano, brother of Daniele, and grandson of Loretta.

Benedetta Mattei

Benedetta Mattei

Born in Rome on January 1, 2004, Benedetta Mattei is a first-year student at the "Gioberti" hotel institute in Trastevere, with the goal of working as a receptionist and waitress. She leverages her…

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