Today, March 10th, is the two month marker. I will be home two months from today. Just figured I would update about what's been going on and what will be going on.
1. Day Lights Savings doesn't happen in Europe until March 25th. The United States and Europe aren't in the same cycle for Day Lights Savings. Needless to say, oober confused this morning. Therefore, I am only 5 hours ahead of USA (instead of the usual 6 hours) until March 25th.
2. School is going very well. This month we double up on classes. I have twice as many course hours each week and I am taking Art and Contemporary Histroy in addition to my normal grammar and langusge course. Last semester, I got a 28/30 on my final again. Pretty excited about that.
3. This past weekend was the Chocolate Festival. Chocolateirs from all over Italy were here to showcase and sell their creations. I bought one each of chocolate covered and candied lemon, lime, orange, papaya, mango, apricot, fig, dates, and ginger. I also bought chocolate covered almonds and hazelnuts, truffles rolled in nuts and coconut, and liquor filled chocolates. It was a delicious but decadent weekend to say the least.
4. March 8th was International Women's Day. To celebrate, I took part in a Flash Mob freeze to raise awareness of domestic violence against women. One of our friends here was participating and we joined as well. We all gathered on a busy main street in Siena in the middle of the day. At 2pm, a woman screamed and we held a picture of a woman's face with a man's hand covering her mouth over our faces. 2 minutes later, she screamed again and we walked away. It was actually very exhilirating and made me feel good to take part in something to raise awareness on an issue.
That is all for now. I havent done much traveling since Amsterdam but I am planning to go to Sicily at some point and I would like to go to Spain and Ireland atleast before I leave. Updates to come!
1. Day Lights Savings doesn't happen in Europe until March 25th. The United States and Europe aren't in the same cycle for Day Lights Savings. Needless to say, oober confused this morning. Therefore, I am only 5 hours ahead of USA (instead of the usual 6 hours) until March 25th.
2. School is going very well. This month we double up on classes. I have twice as many course hours each week and I am taking Art and Contemporary Histroy in addition to my normal grammar and langusge course. Last semester, I got a 28/30 on my final again. Pretty excited about that.
3. This past weekend was the Chocolate Festival. Chocolateirs from all over Italy were here to showcase and sell their creations. I bought one each of chocolate covered and candied lemon, lime, orange, papaya, mango, apricot, fig, dates, and ginger. I also bought chocolate covered almonds and hazelnuts, truffles rolled in nuts and coconut, and liquor filled chocolates. It was a delicious but decadent weekend to say the least.
4. March 8th was International Women's Day. To celebrate, I took part in a Flash Mob freeze to raise awareness of domestic violence against women. One of our friends here was participating and we joined as well. We all gathered on a busy main street in Siena in the middle of the day. At 2pm, a woman screamed and we held a picture of a woman's face with a man's hand covering her mouth over our faces. 2 minutes later, she screamed again and we walked away. It was actually very exhilirating and made me feel good to take part in something to raise awareness on an issue.
That is all for now. I havent done much traveling since Amsterdam but I am planning to go to Sicily at some point and I would like to go to Spain and Ireland atleast before I leave. Updates to come!
