This week shall further be known as the week of China...and my brazilian friends will know what this means. hahaha
GIORNO 42: We went with Emilio to a convent...where I saw REAL nuns. Oh yes, this is exciting! kkkkk Went back to school and worked on the powerpoint and paper with my partner. Yeahhhh, don't want to be negative in this blog, so we'll just skip this part.
The lovely convent garden
GIORNO 43: Well, I went to school when it was dark and got home when it was dark...is there something wrong with this picture? That day, I had 10 childrenswear sketches due. Out of the entire class, I was the only one who had them done. Everyone else had 4 or 5. Boyyy, was she mad. But, she loved my designs and wants me to focus on the little details now to take it to the next level. Woohoo!!! Then I had my presentation in Italian Design which went pretty well. All I can say is that I am soooo grateful I was forced to take a speech class in high school. Presentations don't bother me at all, and I kinda enjoy them. hahaha. We were the last to go and unfortunately, we only had 15 minutes to present instead of the 30 minutes we were supposed to have. Good thing I can talk fast. After class, went and studied for my Empires test the following morning. It didn't take too long considering I had started studying the previous Saturday. I felt bad for the girls who had just begun studying this night. I'm not going to lie...the stuff we have to know is pretty hard and remembering all the names of places I don't know how to say or spell is tricky.
GIORNO 44: Empires test went great! We were supposed to write 4-5 sentences about each event, person, etc. listed. Wellllllllll...for me, I went on for 10 and 12 sentences. kkkkkk After class, I went home and took a much needed nap followed by, you guessed it! More homework!!! Then went back to school to attend the orientation for Hadrian's villa and Villa d'Este, the site visits we would take the following day.
GIORNO 45: Long and crazy day! Site visits to Hadrian's Villa and Villa d'Este. A little background: Hadrian was one of the emporer's of Rome and this was his resort. The place is something like 300 acres. And Villa d'Este has one of the most beautiful gardens in the world filled with fountains. They even have a pipe organ that will play the fountains...unfortunately, visitors can't play it, otherwise, I would soooo do that! So, Friday morning, we're supposed to meet at the train station...however, my roommate and I got there a few minutes late. Not a big deal, they always leave 15 minutes after the said time. But we couldn't find anyone or the bus. It didn't help any that the directions given to us were vague and told us to be in three places at once. We started panicking that they had left us. We went to all three places, talked to a bunch of people, but no luck. By 9:00, we knew they had left us. Frustrated beyond belief, we decided to go on our own. So we went to the metro station, got directions to Tivoli (the city) and went to Termini station. However, Termini station was the wrong station, so we got back on the metro and went to Tibertina. There we purchased our train tickets (only €2, 30) and slept on the hour ride over. Upon arrival, asked for more directions on how to get to Hadrian's Villa, got on an old rickety bus and finally made it there 2 1/2 hours late. hahaha Somehow, while there, we managed to find part of our group. But, they were leaving and we had just gotten there. We decided to meet them at Villa d'Este later on so we could walk around some more. Holy cow this place is cool! And to think it was all for one person! After our quick tour, we got back on the bus and went to Villa d'Este where we managed to meet up with our group before they went in. The gardens at Villa d'Este are beyond words! It's heaven! Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!!! I wanted to stay there all day. After that visit was done, the director of our school just then realized that we weren't on the bus that morning. So he shook our hands, thanked us, and commended us for getting there on our own. Yes...sacrifice for education. hahahaha. Rode the coach bus home. Theeeeen, homework!!!!
Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian's Villa
Villa d'Este
Villa d'Este
Villa d'Este
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Villa d'Este
Villa d'Este
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Villa d'Este
GIORNO 46: Woke up late...then headed straight to school to work on homework. It's harder to get distracted there. I also had to go to some stores for a childrens market research paper. I went to an area I had never been before and loved it! There weren't that many tourists which was nice. You can tell I've been here for awhile, I can't stand tourists! You're walking behind them, then all of a sudden they stop and you almost run into them. Or they walk in clusters so it's impossible to get around them. And they walk slow, so all you want to do is get past them. Or they walk in zigzags because they're looking up at the buildings instead of straight ahead. haahaha. Concluded the evening with homework!!!!! Is anyone noticing a pattern here?
GIORNO 47: Church!!!! Played the piano for RS. I found out that Shannon is going to be attending the other ward. :/ This stinks. But, overall, a great meeting. No problems with the buses...a first!!!!
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