the sweetness of doing nothing
The past three weeks have been insanely busy for me, making it almost impossible for me to correspond with anyone, let alone write here. My computer broke the day before I left for my holiday in Paris, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. When I returned to Rome, I was here for only 5 days before heading off to Florence and Tuscany and the past weekend my boyfriend was here from New York. We went to London for a night and today I am off to Germany to visit my family. Needless to say, I have been spending a lot of time in...
So being that today I am half done with my study abroad trip, I feel that I can now begin to explain the things I hate and love about Roma... I decided to do eight and eight (my favorite number...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByUSwib7-50&feature=related] C'era una volta una gatta che abitave una macchia nero sul muso e una vecchia soffitta nera sul mare con una finestra a un passo del cielo blu. Se la chitarra suonarvo\la gatta facceva le fusa ed una stellina scendeva vicina vicina poi mi sorrideva e se ne tornava su. Ora non abito piu la tutto e combiato non abito piu la. Ho una casa bellissima, bellissima come voui tu. Ma io penso a una gatta che aveva una macchia nera sul muso a una vecchia...
Even if you don't know Italian, certainly you are familiar with the phrase "Ciao!" (pronounced: chou) which is used as an informal greeting or way of saying goodbye. Typically we use ciao when saying hello or goodbye to our friends or greeting people that you are acquaintances with. Typically you do not use "ciao," when you are greeting people you do not know... for example at the bank or in stores, it is more polite to say Buongiorno (good day) - use this in the morning or anytime before 3 or 4 PM. Buonasera...
Last weekend (& the beginning of this week) were a little less than fun since most of the people in my class went to Munich for Oktoberfest and I stayed in Rome to draw all weekend. I haven't written...
Each day I realize more and more how lucky I am to have been placed in the host family I am in. Maria, my "mom" is extremely sweet and helpful when I need things. Even though I try to insist that I...
Late on Monday night, I returned from a weekend class visit to southern Italy, specifically the places mentioned in the title. Unfortunately, I was not able to take many pictures because my camera...
Yesterday morning my drawing class met in Piazza Capitolini so that we could take a tour of the museum together. I met up with one of my friends in the morning and we took a bus that dropped us off...
One of the many things people rant and rave about when they return from Italy, is the food. If my trip had only lasted one week, I'm not sure I could say the same. I may have a flu or something because...