So sorry for not posting for the past five days. It was a bit rocky this week and now I am finally back on my feet and really enjoying myself.
One thing I would like everyone to know is that I FOUND MY BAG! Yes, it is still in the United States. Cool US Airways, that is not where it needs to be :]. None the less, my stuff is safe and will be too me soon.
On the other hand I started classes last Monday. They are very interesting. My schedule for the week is
M/W: Cross-Cultural Psychology
The History of Food and Culture
Identity in Culture (My favorite)
T/TH: Photography: Portfolio of Florence
M-TH: The Florence Experience IV (which is the highest level language course, scary.)
I am really enjoying them. This coming Monday for my food class we are going to one of the local food markets to do a walking tour of all the various foods sold in Florence. Kind of excited about that. My Identity and culture class is really awesome. I love my professor because he is really into learning about us as people and not as students. His class I think got me back on track because he made me realize why I am here in the first place, and that is to experience a different life style that I would not get back in the states. I am really going to like my photography class. We go shooting on Tuesdays and then photo shop lab on Thursdays (thank you Patty for elements, but apparently it won't work for this class) and thank god she is giving us the program so I don't have to pay hundreds of dollars on it. Italian class is very interesting. I am doing okay with speaking Italian, a lot better than I thought though.
As much I hate to admit this, I have now officially been to three places that the Jersey Shore went to while they were here. Two different clubs and then a Mexican restaurant. Yes, you read that correctly....MEXICAN. My roommates and I were craving something different from all the pasta and pizza and wanted something from our homeland (Arizona) and we found this place called Tijuana, which we found because of the Jersey Shore. It was amazing. I thought Mexican food was good back home, but this was just to die for. It just tasted so much healthier. I feel that way about all the food I eat here.
Last but not least.....
My trip to Chianti with my school. It was beautiful. It did not seem real to me. Other students and myself could only say one thing about the scenery. "This isn't real, it looks like a back drop." It literally did. I was so taken back at how breathtaking it was.
A little info about Chianti:
-It is known for the production of red wine
-Is in the outskirts of Tuscany, countryside
-It is about a 30 minute bus ride outside of Florence
I had a wonderful time and had fun taking many pictures of the scenery, wine barrels, and the food. We had a delicious lunch with a little wine tasting to go with it (wasn't a big fan, because I don't like red wine). The spread included, two types of cold cuts, a thick white cheese, grilled bread with olive oil, two servings of Italian bread, and a plate of the most delicious lasagna you could ever taste.
One of the staff members from school let us break the rules a little bit and we were able to go into the vines ourselves and eat the grapes. On the way down there were some green grapes which were divine and then the red grapes were absolutely delicious and didn't even look edible because they were so beautiful.
Below are some pictures of our beautiful adventure....
One thing I would like everyone to know is that I FOUND MY BAG! Yes, it is still in the United States. Cool US Airways, that is not where it needs to be :]. None the less, my stuff is safe and will be too me soon.
On the other hand I started classes last Monday. They are very interesting. My schedule for the week is
M/W: Cross-Cultural Psychology
The History of Food and Culture
Identity in Culture (My favorite)
T/TH: Photography: Portfolio of Florence
M-TH: The Florence Experience IV (which is the highest level language course, scary.)
I am really enjoying them. This coming Monday for my food class we are going to one of the local food markets to do a walking tour of all the various foods sold in Florence. Kind of excited about that. My Identity and culture class is really awesome. I love my professor because he is really into learning about us as people and not as students. His class I think got me back on track because he made me realize why I am here in the first place, and that is to experience a different life style that I would not get back in the states. I am really going to like my photography class. We go shooting on Tuesdays and then photo shop lab on Thursdays (thank you Patty for elements, but apparently it won't work for this class) and thank god she is giving us the program so I don't have to pay hundreds of dollars on it. Italian class is very interesting. I am doing okay with speaking Italian, a lot better than I thought though.
As much I hate to admit this, I have now officially been to three places that the Jersey Shore went to while they were here. Two different clubs and then a Mexican restaurant. Yes, you read that correctly....MEXICAN. My roommates and I were craving something different from all the pasta and pizza and wanted something from our homeland (Arizona) and we found this place called Tijuana, which we found because of the Jersey Shore. It was amazing. I thought Mexican food was good back home, but this was just to die for. It just tasted so much healthier. I feel that way about all the food I eat here.
Last but not least.....
My trip to Chianti with my school. It was beautiful. It did not seem real to me. Other students and myself could only say one thing about the scenery. "This isn't real, it looks like a back drop." It literally did. I was so taken back at how breathtaking it was.
A little info about Chianti:
-It is known for the production of red wine
-Is in the outskirts of Tuscany, countryside
-It is about a 30 minute bus ride outside of Florence
I had a wonderful time and had fun taking many pictures of the scenery, wine barrels, and the food. We had a delicious lunch with a little wine tasting to go with it (wasn't a big fan, because I don't like red wine). The spread included, two types of cold cuts, a thick white cheese, grilled bread with olive oil, two servings of Italian bread, and a plate of the most delicious lasagna you could ever taste.
One of the staff members from school let us break the rules a little bit and we were able to go into the vines ourselves and eat the grapes. On the way down there were some green grapes which were divine and then the red grapes were absolutely delicious and didn't even look edible because they were so beautiful.
Below are some pictures of our beautiful adventure....
Red grapes from the vines
Delicious Lunch
French barrels of wine
Stefanie, Alexa and I in front of the view from the vineyardMoving on, look forward to a post soon about my trip to Cinque Terre!
Ciao!
Chelsea Lynn
we are going here when I get there.
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