Recap...

So, the end of my first week is almost here! And what a week it has been...who knew the English language was so difficult? I dont even understand it, and I am a fluent speaker. With that said, class has been more than challenging. We have disected English to the point where I am confused. I feel sorry for my future students. I teach my first English lesson to real Italian students on Monday...I am really excited, but know I will be nervous. I get my first formal Italian lesson tomorrow too, which I am really looking forward to, so is the guy at the cafe across the street, since I am no doubt butchering their beautiful language. Anyway, thats school life. As for life life, things are good. I could write a whole blog entry on gellatto. I know this topic comes up frequently with me, but it still amazes me that everyone eats it...all the time...and I mean everyone. It isnt like in the US, where we are constantly watching what we eat. Everyone indluges. Business men, women, children, old people, nuns, priests, etc. During the lunch hour, gellatterias have lines out the door and they are mostly professionals funny enough...Can you imagine in the U.S, seeing some high powered executive walking around in a business suit with a huge ice cream cone, piled high with several scoops and toppings? I dont think I have ever seen one, let alone a ton of them. I love that about Italy actually. Sean and I joined in on this tradition immediately. We have it everyday and dont feel an ounce of guilt. Sean has started wearing his collared shirts unbuttoned half way, which worried me at first, but oddly enough, he looks like a local. I am considering buying Birkinstocks....not as a tribute to my Humboldt days, but because I walk around so much in a day, I have been dying for more comfortable sandals. And, you would never believe me, but they are actually in style here. Everyone wears them, and I imagine comfort is also their reasoning. Our room looks like that of a college dorm room, that two first year students live in. It looks like our suit cases expoloded, and we both decided it isnt a productive learning environment. But we cant complain about having to go study at the Spanish Steps, or Piazza del Popolo and we even sat in the Piazza at the Vatican to study yesterday. I said a little prayer too that I pass this class. So, it served 2 purposes. We grocery shop every day. I love that we have to weigh our fruits and veggies and price it. For that reason alone, we have been buying fruits and veggies regularly. I am looking forward to the weekend and hope to make it to the beach to get out of the city for a bit. We also have lots of studying to do, and laundry, which I am sure will be something to blog about...till then!