School has officially started. The first week of Italian classes are over and now that I am not cramming my head full of six hours a day worth of Italian, I can take a minute to unwind, and reflect. Italian has been hard to learn, but with so much class it has been getting easier every day. We have been learning basic greetings, verb conjugation in the present tense, descriptions, directions, weather, simple everyday conversational Italian. This is great since I definitely enjoy knowing how to ask for something, rather than pointing and grunting a little.
Last week all had to go into Cuneo to get some government number that allowed us to live in Italy for an extended amount of time, and to get free government health care, woot woot! The trip was quite an adventure, that involved accidentally buying a train ticket instead of a bus ticket, getting off the bus a stop or two too early, and wandering around until we found the correct building. After waiting around for hours we were told only four people actually needed to be there. So, one day wasted due to Italian bureaucracy. Well, I shouldn’t say wasted, I did enjoy the city, and will be going back to see it again, I bought a round way train ticket anyway.
I am excited for next weekend because we are all taking the train to Cinque Terre and hiking to the different towns. All Thanks to Lauren who was kind enough to organize this whole weekend trip!
Time to get some reading done on this beautiful day for one of our courses called History of Cuisine, which starts on Tuesday.
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