One Month Later...

It's been about one month since we've been here, and we've finally settled in pretty well. Classes are totally rolling, my Italian is improving (I think it is, at least, "MOLTO BENE!") and I'm having a really good time. An average day during the week consists of me getting up, making coffee from a percolator, have some toast with Nutella (if you don't know what Nutella is, please go to your grocery store and scour the isles for it, it will change your life and your jar of peanut butter will get very jealous) and head off to the studio for about 6 hours. We get a siesta in the middle where we can go grab a coffee or some lunch. We usually cook every night, which saves a ton of money and it's awesome! We basically live on pasta and veggies, but we're working on some good curveballs like risotto, breaded chicken (fancy, I know), and real beans, like dry from a bag at the market, not goya in a can. The beans have not worked yet, I think we're just going to buy cans. We also drink wine with most meals, it's pretty cheap. We have our hookup from the Indian bodega down the street who gives us 3 bottles for 10 euro. His name is Happy. haha..

We haven't done a whole lot of traveling yet, just because there is so much to do just within the city limits. Katy and I went to Venice though, and that was beautiful. We went during Carnivale, which is kind of like Mardi Gras, so it was pretty packed but everyone was dressed up and there was alot to see. Here's some pictures from that weekend...


The Island of Burano in Venice, where every house is a different color!



Palazzo Ducale in central Venice



Venetian masks, these people were SO awesome!



and a gondola, DUH! :)

Today we went to Pisa and Lucca. We saw that crazy leaning tower, took the silly pictures with us trying to hold it up, etc, etc. Other than the tower though, there's not much to see in Pisa! Lucca was actually cooler, I thought. It's this awesome old city that has a big circular wall that runs through the whole town. The wall is really high and it's pretty much built for pedestrians and bikers. So naturally, we rented bicycles for 2.50 euro and rode around the wall. It was so cool, and no one fell off the wall. Glorious!


so cliche, but I couldn't resist..



Other than that we've been having friends over, doing our homework, art projects and going on random adventures. We eat gelato like it's our job, too. We're also becoming regulars at this pub called BeBop which features a Beatles cover band every Tuesday. They are so good, and there is nothing like hearing the Beatles when you get a little homesick.



Allora! ("anyway..") That's about it for now, I will hopefully become less lazy and try to update this more frequently. Katy and I are headed to Berlin next weekend, so I'm sure I'll have something good to post from that trip. Till then, Ciao!