Trying to find time to write is a struggle, so I apologize if a lot of the time my posts are just pictures. But hey, I guess they always say, a picture is worth a thousand words. However, you may think the scenery in the pictures is amazing…but the camera can simply not capture the true essence of it!
So yesterday I had a realization. In America (well at least everywhere I’ve been) when you are passing someone on the street, you usually say, “hello” or give them a smile. Not here! No one smiles at all and I find myself still smiling at them, which makes for an awkward passing.
The food here is SO good, I have been living off of pizza and pasta, and today I went into town to buy fruits and vegetables and for only 3,55 Euro (which is about $5.30) I got 7 peaches, two huge mounds of grapes, and a ton of lettuce! I was so amazed! Not to mention, everything here tastes so much better! Although I will say, yesterday I was craving a juicy cheeseburger and fries.
One of my friends lives in the dorms of the Macerata University and while moving in met an Italian student (the one in the picture below) he cooked us dinner and we ate on the rooftop! It was so great!
We also moved into our apartments yesterday and are finally all settled in. Ours is really cute! It’s in a great location and its very cute and Italian (well, I guess that would make sense). I can’t believe how much energy they save here. We were told only to use the lights if necessary, when we are in the shower: turn the water off when you shampoo and wash your body, then turn the water back on, and to not use the washing machine and stove at the same time. Also, all clothes that are washed are hang-dried.
I had my first day of Italian classes today; we learned the alphabet and numbers! We don’t have any of our other classes for another two weeks, because for these first two weeks we have intense Italian for 3 hours everyday then walking tours. I’m really looking forward to mastering this language and learning a lot about the culture!
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