the sweetness of doing nothing
I'm on the fourth day of a bad mood, which has consisted of giving dirty looks, thinking mean thoughts, stomping around in my house, slamming doors, and other passive-aggressive type behaviors. My apologies for the unanswered calls and texts. When I get into these moods, its usually best to try to calm down before making contact with society, unfortunately going to work and to the store for cat food are still necessary. Because I am in ill-spirits, I will say no more. I am going to try the usual things that...
[caption id="attachment_196" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Plaza de Cataluna, Barcelona"] [/caption] Dates: October 29 to November 1, 2010 Flight: Vueling, another smaller airline in...
One of the most delicious dishes that I tried in Italy was made by my host family. Risotto con cime di rape is Risotto with "turnip tops." I am going to attempt to make it this Christmas for my own family with a recipe I found on the internet. However to find the recipe I needed to find out how to say "turnip tops" in Italian first.... for any of you who may have tried to translate food terms into another language, the literal translation is not always (or usually) the best one. I am going to link to a website...
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...
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...