I know, I know. I haven't updated this thing in forever. I never about going to Milano and how gorgeous it was! It was amazing. Now I know why it's titled the fashion capital of the world. The shopping areas (where they have the Prada, Gucci, Armani) look like museums, because they are adorned with beautiful statues and nice ass ceilings. The famous known duomo of Milano was amazing. It really is a beauty. I went to Milano with my friend John and Abigail and stayed like 10 minutes from the center of Milano. Our hotel was okay, not very nice but close to everything in the city. The first night we got there wasn't very fun because the people I went with dont like to go out and club or drink, so I kinda had to stay in. Hehe. The day after that I shopped the entire day. Half the day I was by myself because the people I went with wanted to do other things. I had a lot of fun shopping around Milano. I didn't buy much because everything is super expensive. I did buy an Armani Jacket that i loved. It wasn't very expensive.
This past weekend I went to Capri, Sorrento, Positone, Pompei, and Napoli (once again). I LOVED Capri and Positone! they were so beautiful. The beach was so nice. The weather was great and the food (seafood risotto, white russians, pina coladas) was delicious!I loved swimming and sun bathing. It was a very relaxing weekend. Pompei was also very nice. I loved the historic aspect of it. It was crazy looking at the ruins that were ancient!
Sadly, we messed up on our train schedule and missed the last cheap train from Napoli to Siena, so we had to take a train to a city called Chiusi and then sleep there during the night. Haha. It was as if we were homeless in Italy.
Upon my arrival, my host italian mom (thats what we call the ladies who we live with) prepared home-made lasagna! It was sooooooooo goooooood! I think that is my favorite dish of all time now. Haha. I have just been thinking about how sad I will be once I lieave Siena and move to Bologna. For you all that don't know, I have been living in Siena (near Florence) since I came in June. I am end Summer school on August 19 and then begin school August 27th in Bologna (Bologna is about 6 hours away from Siena). I will only be living in Bologna for one month because the italian program i am taking is only one month long. After I finish my Bologna program, I will move to Padova where I will live till I return to the US (July 20th).
Right now I am super excited and happy with myself. I am now in Italian 7, which is the highest course in my summer program. I have now moved away from grammar and learning the basics of italian to reading and analyzing italian literature. It's a bit difficult because there are many vocaculary words that I don't know. Like in Berkeley, we have three big assignments that determine my grade. I got an A on my first paper. It was a bit difficult because thhey have to be all in Italian ;/ I like it thought because it will prepare me for the year in Padova (where I will be taking class in all italian!). I am super excited that I will be trilingual once i go back to the US!
Once my program ends on the 19th, I will be joining the other 80 students in my program in a farewell dinner. It will be super sad because I have made so many good friends here and it will be sad that I will not be able to see them in a long time, and some are seniors so I know I won't ever see them again. On the 20th at 1PM I have my flight to Amsterdam. I will leave from PISA Airport and land in AMsterdam at 5PM. ;) I am looking forward to this visit because I will be visiting the Anne Frank Musuem, the biggest Sex Musuem in Europe, the biggest Cannabis Musuem, the Heineken Musueum and of course all the Cafes where I will be high. Haha. I am going to be in Amsterdam from the 20th to 22nd in the morning. After Amsterdam, I am heading to London! I am also very excited about that! It will be amazing. I am still debating what I want to do after London. I can either go back to Bologna and get settled in for school or go to Ireland for two days. I am pretty sure that week will be amazing.
That is about it right now. If you all have any questions about my time here or want to ask my shit then let me know so I can talk about it through here. Ciao ragazzi!
