here are some pictures I took from our porch, because I didn't want to go any further:
I know it's just snow, but I'm in Italy and everything is ten times prettier here!Although, now it is also ten times slippier (is that a word... ten times more slippery?) so I'm going to basically slide all the way to my test tomorrow-- although it is uphill so that should be interesting. Boo test. I think it's funny that every italian class here has their tests planned out so that we all take them on the exact same day.
The free pizza last night was delicious (we got a whole pizza each- like personal sized ones) and my friends and I spent a good 2 hours at the restaurant telling bad jokes and drinking lots of free coca cola (which is really expensive here).
This weekend I'm planning on staying around Perugia except for taking the train to Pisa with Liz and Jackie on Friday so that should be fun. We'll see the leaning tower... and yeah that's all I know about Pisa so far, but don't worry I'll consult some travel books first.
Apparently this weekend is a big celebration here in Perugia because it's the patron saint (I should look up who that is) of Perugia's holiday? So there is a giant open market on Saturday with lots of free food (supposedly) and the best thing is on Monday all the pasticcerias (bakeries) are closed because they have a giant baking competition where everyone goes to taste the cakes and vote on which bakery makes the best cake. Whether all this is true or not is based on how well my roommate translated her italian professor in class so for all we know it could be in Rome and cost 100E a person, but if she heard right and there's free cake, I'm totally there! :D But apparently monday is a holiday and the Umbra Institute (where I go to school if you haven't already figured that out) is the only place open... so go us.
Now I should get back to studying. I'll update with highlights from Pisa and the (hopefully) free cakes and food sometime this weekend.
Buona notte!
1 comment:
Wow, snow! I'm jealous. Although we had a bit...last week was it? I don't remember. I guess 2 weeks ago now. Have you tried the Bethany stuff? If you ever go to the World of Coke in Atlanta, the Italian Coca-Cola they have is this stuff called Bethany--it's clear and tastes absolutely vile. Middle school boys think it's fun to trick their friends into chugging it.
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