Last week flew by here. Unfortunately, because I had a DOUBLE eye infection, I didn’t go out the first half of the week. It was nice to just rest and watch some movies and relax. I caught up on some reading for classes, which was also very convenient.
Classes here are great. I don’t write about school much because there isn’t really anything different. Our school is American, so all of our teachers speak English and all of my classmates are American. I’m taking four classes; The History and Politics of Modern Italy, Italian, Art History: Michelangelo, and the Economics and Politics of the European Union. And in case anyone was wondering, they are not easy and I actually do have to study!
The two politics classes I’m taking are interesting because it’s cool to hear about the United States from a different perspective. I feel like the US is pretty self-deprecating when it comes to our history. We have been studying WWII and how it affected the development of the European Union. My professors keep stressing that the United States was loved by Europe. They were considered huge saviors and the reason the war was won. I feel like back home, we were taught to question our involvement and to be critical of our late entry into the war. Then again, I go to a pretty liberal school in Massachusetts, so our professors question the government a lot!
I am really enjoying taking an Art History course. We have two class trips, one to Rome and one to Florence. We’ll be seeing Michelangelo’s famous stuff; La Pieta, David, the Sistine Chapel, etc. Our professor is great and you can tell she absolutely loves what she’s talking about.
Back to my week. The rest of my week flew by. We decided to go to Spain for the weekend, and finally choose to go to Barcelona. Planning that trip was pretty easy, and it was very, very cool. (More about that later)
Thursday night we had a big potluck dinner. Lupi came over to use our stove, and he made homemade stuffing and mashed potatoes. Ashley and I made a chicken dish (chicken, mushrooms, peppers, onions). We brought everything to Lupi’s apartment, where there were about 15 of us overall. It was really good!!! It’s nice to sometimes not eat Italian food, and the stuffing and mashed potatoes were a nice change.
We had to get up at 5:30 on Friday morning to get to Barcelona, and it was crazy getting there, but more about that in another post. I have to go to class!
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i cant even begin to fathom taking an michaelangelo art class in italy! im soo envious of you right now, instead of looking at pictures you can just to rome and florence and see the real thing!
ReplyDeletei really hope that italy changes me, like you say it will, i definitely need some change in my life. sometimes i feel like im suffocating under expectations. HOLD UP dont wanna get too deep in this blog comment.
i was just talking to everyone and declaring how much i love america. i may not always agree with the choices/ideals that we make as a country, but we are the land of surplus. and thats definitely something that i cant give up. i cant imagine growing up without costco! hahaha.
besides that, it was soooo lovely talking to you yesterday, hopefully i can catch you more often. other than what i told you yesterday things are fine. however, i may or may not have just sent you a skype freak out message (just a warning.) well i better get back to studying thyroid and seizure disorders!!! love you, misch