I know it sounds like all I do is travel around Europe…but I actually do go to class occasionally too! School here is a lot different than in the US. Classes are at very strange times, and last for an hour and a half instead of the 50 minutes that I’m used to at home. Sometimes we have class for three hours- its torture! There is no homework, we aren’t even expected to read the book unless we miss lecture. I’m only taking four classes: Corporate Finance, Management of Fashion and Design Companies, International Marketing Research, and Art and Culture. Corporate Finance sucks- its ridiculously hard, I have a lot of studying to do before my midterm in two weeks!! Fashion is really interesting, marketing not so much, though its not too bad. Art and culture has been my favorite class so far- we focus on photography, and the professor is really interesting and thought-provoking. Today we went to a gallery to see a Richard Avedon exhibit- I loved it. I have a few group projects to work on, a midterm in two weeks, but other than that, nothing homework-related until finals in June. It’s going to be hard to go back to Madison where I have tons of reading and midterms and papers to do all the time.
The lack of required homework leaves a lot of free time- time that we fill up by going out A LOT. Some weeks we go out 4 or 5 nights a week, not getting home until 4 or 5 am…its always tons of fun though! I’m taking a break for awhile to study and save some money (clubs in Milan are expensive!), but after exams I’ll probably be back to going out a lot- its too much fun!
I really love living here, I’m already getting sad thinking about coming home, and I still have 3 months! The people here are so nice, so much fun. Italians can’t say my name though-there is no Italian equivalent. I always get funny looks after introducing myself, I have had a few people mimic shooting up heroin (my name sounds kind of like the Italian word for herion!), but people that have studied in the US don’t seem to have a problem with pronouncing it. I’m getting much better at speaking Italian as well, hopefully I’ll continue to improve!
