”An older man in a chef’s coat and hat came to us. “Your Graces are welcome. It is our pleasure to serve you.” He shook Jam’s hand vigorousl.... When I held mine out, he kissed it!He said to me, “Thank you for gracing my kitchen with your presence.” He then embraced me and kissed my cheeks.When we separated, Jam and I bowed. They all bowed back smiling. We left for the dining room. The King was smiling but said, “So much for discipline. Jar, you are a breath of fresh air.”We smiled but kept going. Most of the town's population were miners who lived outside of town on their claims. The actual built up portion of the town was one street with three or four buildings on either side of it. Gold Hill could not grow the way Boulder could because there was hardly any water in the area. By contrast, Boulder was hard by Boulder Creek, a large year round source of water. I was called up there because a prospector had been beaten to death with a shovel while working his claim. I arrived in Gold Hill. If that doesn't help, we check out the movie itself and try and see if it's bad. We have a separate VCR/TV just for that purpose. If the tape is bad, we try to find another copy here in the store and the bad one goes into a bin. Eventually when the bin is full we sort them out and write them off." Jake had kept talking while he led Staci back to the front of the store."So do you have any questions?"Staci shrugged, "I don't think so, but something might come up." I know what you mean. For now,. Their English is taught locally and they have good basic English but in order to meet the examination standard later in school their conversation needs to be developed in both grammar and vocabulary. They are smart and enthusiastic English readers.I should explain that in both Italy and Croatia the age of sexual consent is 14 and I became aware of this when I was with a real estate agent and exploring the types of property in the local area. I was a little taken aback to hear this and had no.