My roommate and I were easily the oldest people carrying lanterns.
The kids who aren't carrying lanterns have these spit-shooter things and they try to knock out other people's lanterns. Amazingly, I only saw one catch fire.
I started my classes this week. I'm super-excited for this semester. I'm taking this Italian comedy class and the professor is certifiable. He's very energetic. I think he wishes he were still acting regularly and uses our class time as an opportunity to have an audience for an hour and a half. But it's really fun.
Taking classes here is so completely different from taking classes at Wellesley. In my film class, one person commented about how she noticed that the increasing presence of Coca-Cola products in the film denoted the rise of capitalism. And then another girl raised her hand and said,
"Yeah. And I was like, DRINKING a Coke. While we were watching the movie. Woah."
I wish that I was kidding.
I'm also taking this intro art history course and we go to a museum in Florence every week! It's fantastic. This week we went to the Bargello and saw sculpture by Michelangelo, Donatello, and Ghiberti. And did I mention that we only have class Monday-Thursday? Forget Disney, THIS is the happiest place on earth.
Taking classes here is so completely different from taking classes at Wellesley. In my film class, one person commented about how she noticed that the increasing presence of Coca-Cola products in the film denoted the rise of capitalism. And then another girl raised her hand and said,
"Yeah. And I was like, DRINKING a Coke. While we were watching the movie. Woah."
I wish that I was kidding.
I'm also taking this intro art history course and we go to a museum in Florence every week! It's fantastic. This week we went to the Bargello and saw sculpture by Michelangelo, Donatello, and Ghiberti. And did I mention that we only have class Monday-Thursday? Forget Disney, THIS is the happiest place on earth.
I had this gelato that I wanted to take a bath in. I would be happy if it were the only thing I consumed for the rest of my life.
I went to Assisi yesterday. It is so beautiful. The city is in Umbria and it's made out of pink and white limestone.
In their main square there is a Roman temple, built around year 100. And that's a 12th century bell tower right next to it. And the building on the other side of the piazza was built in the 1600s. The amount of history is mind-blowing.
We went to the Basilica of San Francesco d' Assisi. There are the most amazing frescoes by Giotto and Cimabue.
3 comments:
omg that looks like so much fun!!
i missed you so much when you said you wanted to bathe in gelato. its something that i know you have done before.
Hi Katie,
It's Aunt Elaine and Uncle Bill. Wow you managed to upstage hawaiian shaved ice with gelato! Wish you could send us some! Glad you are having so much fun!
love and miss you!
Oh I am SO jealous of you right now! You have fun classes and are live in an amazing part of the world where you can walk down streets that are older than our country!
Just, just..... jealousy :sulk:
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