Thursday, October 25, 2007
Fall Break
Fall break was wonderful! It started with a Thursday night showing of Notre Dame de Paris and continued to Barcelona on Friday and then Paris on Monday before returning to Florence that Friday. A very full week, full of lots of fun stuff. Since I don't have much time to write, I will let the pictures speak for themselves!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Half-way marker coming soon...
I cannot believe that this Saturday will already mark the end of the seventh week of my program, and seeing as there are only 14 weeks total, that would be exactly half-way! I have very mixed feelings about that. I am still absolutely loving it here! And there is definitely a part of me that never wants to leave and go back to some things in the States (like the food) but at the same time, I am very excited to get back to Ripon and see all of you back home that I miss so very much! (Plus then, I will get to bore you to death with all of my hundreds or maybe by that point, thousands of pictures!) I didn't get that new fancy camera for nothing!
Since I last wrote to you I have now visited Sienna which is a nearly completely preserved Medieval town with all sorts of cool little alleys and a beautifully decorated cathedral. Except for Venice, this is my new favorite city! So much more picturesque than Florence (which I think is pretty darn picturesque!)
As for classes everything is going fine. It involves a lot of walking and just trying to keep up with the professors, both mentally and physically. But it is all very fun and very interesting. I can't wait for my parents to get here in December and then I can take them around and give them all these random facts and background stories on things that I have been learning in my classes!
Two really exciting things are happening this week. First, Emily and I are going to see "Notre Dame de Paris" on Thursday night. It is a French musical written in 1998 based on the novel and then two or three years ago, a contemporary Italian composer translated it all into Italian. This musical (in French, of course) was one that we used to sing every Friday in my high school French class and I absolutely loved it. Emily knows it because her sisters had the same French teacher and then they shared it with her. So, it will be extremely fun for us, but also very interesting to see what the differences are in the translation, and how much we can really keep up with it in Italian. The other great thing is that this Friday is the start of our fall break, so on Friday we fly to Barcelona where we will stay until Monday afternoon when we will then fly on to Paris. We will then spend four nights in Paris before flying home the following Friday night. We will then have the whole weekend to recoup and get all our homework done for Monday morning! I can't wait to tell you all about these amazing new adventures!
P.S. Thanks so much for the cards everyone, they are all so much appreciated! I miss you all!
Since I last wrote to you I have now visited Sienna which is a nearly completely preserved Medieval town with all sorts of cool little alleys and a beautifully decorated cathedral. Except for Venice, this is my new favorite city! So much more picturesque than Florence (which I think is pretty darn picturesque!)
As for classes everything is going fine. It involves a lot of walking and just trying to keep up with the professors, both mentally and physically. But it is all very fun and very interesting. I can't wait for my parents to get here in December and then I can take them around and give them all these random facts and background stories on things that I have been learning in my classes!
Two really exciting things are happening this week. First, Emily and I are going to see "Notre Dame de Paris" on Thursday night. It is a French musical written in 1998 based on the novel and then two or three years ago, a contemporary Italian composer translated it all into Italian. This musical (in French, of course) was one that we used to sing every Friday in my high school French class and I absolutely loved it. Emily knows it because her sisters had the same French teacher and then they shared it with her. So, it will be extremely fun for us, but also very interesting to see what the differences are in the translation, and how much we can really keep up with it in Italian. The other great thing is that this Friday is the start of our fall break, so on Friday we fly to Barcelona where we will stay until Monday afternoon when we will then fly on to Paris. We will then spend four nights in Paris before flying home the following Friday night. We will then have the whole weekend to recoup and get all our homework done for Monday morning! I can't wait to tell you all about these amazing new adventures!
P.S. Thanks so much for the cards everyone, they are all so much appreciated! I miss you all!
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