Pizza Abbeh and I had for lunch
My new outfit
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Trip to the Pantheon
We went to see the pantheon today. it was pretty cool. I messed everyone up by calling it the parthenon thus "panthernon" was born. Thats what we called it the rest of the trip. Also a fun fact, there was this middle aged couple making out hard core next to the building... i wanted to politely remind them that this was a church and besides that no one wants to see such old people PDA, not cute!!!
5/29
Today we went on a tour of the colosseum. It was pretty cool to be there in person ( pictures later ) after I went to lunch with abbeh , chelc, liz, chloe and jasmine. I like them the most so far. I can see little groups forming among the students in the program. Im glad to have found a few i really like, ill post more on that later.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Molestato
They told us that Roman women dress well and so we should too but yesterday Abbeh and I dressed nice ( see picture at the piazza navona) and we were stared at all day and then groped at a flower stand by a Egyptian man that kept offering us tea..( probably because it was ruffied!! ) if i would have know i would have continued to dress like a lesbian and then i would have no problems! I am not currently working on my "dont talk to me"face and learning the phrase Fuck off (vaffaculo) in italian ( Sorry, family but desperate times call for desperate measures)
Trevi Fountain
Piazza Navona
Day 1-2
Finally Im writing a post!!! Today is our first day of classes which is why I am able to use the internet. The trip so far has been a whirlwind. The flight to detroit was pleasant enough but the NINE hour flight to Rome was terrible. I got a headache halfway through the flight and i had a middle seat so there was no way i could get comfortable enough to sleep. I probably slept a total of 2-3hrs so i was feeling pretty terrible. But once we got off the plane and i got to stop breathing all that recycled air and get some water i felt much better. Then we took a bus to meet our host families.( which we were all very visibly nervous about.) Our host mother,Maria Theresa is very sweet. She speaks pretty much no english but she is very patient as we try to communicate. She is really sweet and LOVES to feed us. She is also about 60 and told me she likes to sunbath naked on her terrace. She seems very open minded. :) Maria Theresa's house is only a 20 minute tram ride from school (luckily because we all know how good i am with direction). Abbeh and I both have our own rooms ( which i love). She also said we must make the bed everyday because it is customary in Italy.. MOM i bet your loving that part ;). She has a medium sized terrace with all kinds of plants. She even has a honeysuckle bush which is nice because it reminds me of home. Other than that the first day was pretty uneventful. We had dinner and talked as best we could and we went to bed around ten.
The second day I woke up around 10. Breakfast has been toast with nutella ( apparently they dont eat peanut butter but LOVE nutella) and coffee. i had to wake up abbeh up at like 130 because i wanted to go for a walk and explore and because it was time for lunch. Maria Theresa kept asking if abbeh was okay and if she was breathing lol. After abbeh got up we had lunch and then went for a walk before we had to meet the other students. Antonella took us to see the Piazza Navona and the Lago di Argentina before showing us where our school was. Then after we had dinner, abbehs friend luca ( she met him last time she studied in Italy) took us to piazza san pietro and the fontana di tivoli. the fontana is my favorite so far. so beautiful especially at night and if you dont mind many couples making out and being all lovely-dovey near you :)
Okay ive pretty much caught you up on most of what ive done so far. Now that we have school it should be easy to update this regularly :)
Vi amo,
Haley
ps. i should also be getting a phone soon so hopefully i will be able to call/text soon.
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