Today
was officially the first day of school….so how better to celebrate that when
you are me? Go shoe shopping!! Haha well that isn’t how the day started but
that is how it ended more or less…it was a wonderful day J
It
started bright and early as it seems everyday this week will…we have our
intensive Italian class that is required of all international students for the
first 6 weeks of school…so 3 hours a day, everyday this week, and then 2 hours a day, 3 times a week for
the rest J…its
actually really fun to go to this class because although it sucks to go to a
class that long, I really love learning the language…and it is so nice to have
already a good hold on a lot of vocabulary…I really love it J….so
I got up this morning and headed out of here at 8:35am….walked downstairs and
out of the building, crossed the street to the coffee bar for a cappuccino,
then continued down the small path to the school, arriving at 8:49….ahh I certainly
love my location for school….class was great, learned how to make words plural,
the words used to ask questions, nationalities, how to say the alphabet and the
different spellings with c, g, and s and their respective, different sounds….
After
class, my friend Natalie and I were off for the day…stopped at my flat to drop
off some stuff and say hello to Giacomo and Paula and then off to Eataly…Eataly is this magical place about 5 minutes from my house…its like the Italian Whole Foods! There are sooo many delicious foods there and places to eat from their restaurants…salami & cheese, fish, meat, veggies, beer & wine, and desserts!...we didn’t eat there today but we will soon! Instead we found mozzarella and tomatoes, and some prosciutto and took them back to her apartment and made capresi for lunch (aka my most fav lunch ever J only thing better
would have been cantaloupe too!)…after lunch we went out to the city center to
shop…
…we first hit my favorite gelato shop Grom! and then we visited all my European favs, Zara, United Colors of Benneton and of course, H&M J….and
then of course a few fantastic shoe stores…one of which was calling our names
all the way from Piazza Dante, about halfway between the city center and my
flat…close to Nat’s apartment….it was like we were meant to be there to
celebrate our first day of school …the WHOLE store was every pair 20 Euro!!! (that’s
like $26)…and well after about 72 pairs later, its needless to say we both
walked out with a pair of shoes we “needed”….naturally J it is me after all I
think it is fitting that my first souvenir purchase in Italy be some shoes J…
…I finished the night writing a few letters…it is so weird
being this far away from life back home…as I spend my days going to class,
exploring and trying to find where, and who I fit in with over here with all
these new people…my most favorite people are just getting back to our old
routines…as much as I am loving my life here and I am not homesick yet, I know
that for sure…I find myself at times wishing I could be with them…not in any
one place in particular, just with them….thats my college family and my
happiness and it feels weird to simply be writing letters and setting up skype
times….excited just to hear the voice or see a smiling face and wishing for
just a hug, a laugh, and a kiss…these next four months are definently going to
have their own dosage of tough times, and strain on relationships and tests but
I know it will all be perfecto in the end….there is a reason for it all I know,
its just the time trying to figure that out and trusting in the timing of one
bigger than us….and doing what we know we would attempt to do if we knew that
we wouldn’t fail….i miss you all so much more than you know, and even though I
write these stories everyday of adventure, doing things and living a life I
thought that I would only ever dream of, know that a piece of my heart is there
with you, and longs for the rest of me to join it….I love you all…so so much….and
miss you more than I can say…..
No comments:
Post a Comment