Today was our first day of class!
We met Chiara at the bus stop and went to the school. Most of us are in the
beginner’s elementary class. Our teacher’s name is Paola and she is really
nice. She speaks only in Italian but we still understand her which is good, and
actually unexpected. Today we went over presentations and simple verb sounds.
After class we walked with Chiara to the cell phone place and had some lunch.
After lunch, we came home and Morgan and I came back to Moya to use the wireless
internet. I uploaded all my pictures on facebook which is very exciting because
now people can be jealous of what a fabulous time I am having! I had a
strawberry margarita while we were at Moya and although it doesn’t compare to Rio
Grande, it was still pretty good. After Moya, we
wandered through Piazza Santa Croce to see if we could find purses but had no
luck. Alexia called us and told us the rest of the girls were at Piazza
Michaelangelo, so we decided to walk there and meet them after dropping my computer
off at home. Morgan and I looked at the map and tried to decide which way to go
but since we couldn’t pick a good route, we just decided to go without the map
and get lost on our own! On the way up the hills, we almost got hit by an SUV
coming around a curve which was really scary! It also had started to rain while
we were heading to the top and when we got to the top it started to pour. We
stood under some umbrellas waiting for the rain to stop, but it didn’t get too
much lighter. After a while we decided to just brave the rain (neither of us
brought umbrellas!) and run down to our apartment. We made our way down and got
home safely, just a little bit wet. After doing my homework, and sitting around
for a bit, Morgan, Katie and I decided to go find the New Market and look for
purses again. We got to the market as it was closing so we didn’t have too much
opportunity to go through things, but we are going back tomorrow after school.
When we got home, Morgan and I made dinner (roasted potatoes, and pan grilled
chicken!) and had a “romantic dinner date!” We had after dinner drinks while
doing our homework (write a description of ourselves). Our drinks (vodka
tonics, and screwdrivers with San Pellegrino!) made me extremely sleepy so I am
heading to bed with the hopes of a peaceful night of sleep!
“Mi chiamo Gauri. Ho diecinove
anni. Sono Americana, di Ohio. Ho gli occhi castani e ho lente a contatto. Ho
capelli scuri e castani. Anche ho capelli ricci. Ho pelle scura. En mi famiglia
ho una sorella, un fratello e una cognate. En mi casa ho una cagnolina. Sono
una studiente a “Ohio University”
e “University of Florence.”
Sono una ballerina. Sono una tennista. Mi piace danze e mi cagnolina. Mi piace
cucina e gelato.”
