Food and Italian

These days have been mostly about food and learning Italian. Our intensive Italian classes started this week and both classes I've had so far have been very educational and even fun! Thankfully I placed into Italian 301 so I got credit for all my work this summer. Today for instance we watched a scene from a movie (La Finestra di Fronte) without subtitles and had to describe what was happening based on the dialog and context cues. It's a very interesting film based on the 15 minutes or so we saw. I would like to watch the whole thing sometime assuming I am able to find it. Then we listened to some music and had to retell a memory the music recalled for us. It was a new and interesting way for us to review tenses without actually writing them out and being bored out of our minds. So far I'm very impressed with my professor. She makes everything much more fun. She even teaches us parolaccia (Italian dirty words) in case we hear them in the street or more importantly so that we don't use them by mistake. She's really cool and I actually look forward to my two hours of Italian everyday.

As for food, I took a picture of my sandwich from yesterday. It was absolutely delicious with prosciuto, basil, provolone and mayonnaise and only 2 euros! Today I had pizza but I forgot to take a picture of it (of course). I decided it would be more worth my time (and money) to make my own sandwiches everyday so I bought some bread, prosciutto, and mozzarella for my lunches. I also bought some nutella since I figured I couldn't live in Europe without buying and eating some. That will be my breakfast. I can't wait to eat tomorrow!

Today two of my roommates and I, with the help of our friend Sammy who happened to be locked out of his apartment, made our first espresso. It was absolutely delicious and drinking it on our balcony was definitely the highlight of my day. Now I know how to make it in the mornings so I'll be ready to go for my 9:30am classes Monday-Wednesday.