Blogs from Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Europe - page 15

Today is rainy. I've just finished my morning sessions of Italian and have one hour until the afternoon session. We're having grilled cheese and soup. The exciting thing about today so far is that I've discovered that every Tuesday and Saturday people come from Deruta with ceramics. I won't have to go there at all because they bring the ceramics right to the center of town. I bought a small plate today for 25 Euro, though the listed price was 28-something. I spoke a little to the man and woman who were selling them on my way to and from class. They were packing up when I bought the plate from them, because of the rain, but I'll go back Saturday and look around more. I'll keep my eye out for tiles, but all I've seen ... read more

So yesterday morning my four roommates and I moved in to our wonderful apartment. They told us not to expect it to be very nice, or have internet, or a washing machine, or a TV. My apartment has it all. The internet is the very nicest, and I think we're the only ones who have it; at least we're the only ones I've talked to so far. Exciting stuff. The landlord is an adorable middle aged Italian man named Mauro. He's very nice and showed us how everything works. His English is pretty good as well. He has a wife and daughter who is almost three. Both he and his wife work in medicine. I think he works with pharmaceuticals, and she is a pediatrician. Hopefully we'll get to meet his family eventually. When we first ... read more

Fazia muito tempo que nao via o GG. Magrinho, calvo, cansado, quieto, cabelos prateados e aquele contorno claro na iris dos olhos indicando os seus 65 anos. "- Vou terminar o show antes do jogo final da Copa America: é Brasil x Argentina, viu?!" Me fez impressao... me emocionei... minhas lagrimas escorreram nos ombros do Ministro... Nada a ver o GG ministro!!! Ninguém falou de politica, melhor assim. O Gio e a Gilda sentiram nossa vibraçoes e se emocionaram também. So' eu ali com a letra K no nome. Era pra ser alegre, fiquei triste... sensaçao de que tudo esta acontecendo no Brasil e eu nao estou seguindo. Continuo neste apendice de mundo, morto, inutil, parado no tempo... Mais tarde o show na Arena San Giuliano. Bonito, lento, curto... nem bis. "o jogo vai começar!", pensei. ... read more

Yesterday after I got over my mopey self, went to the visitor information centre and got the low down on the chocolate factory. I made the call trying to speak italian but she couldn't get me so she politely told me in English that the factory was closed today and to call tomorrow-aaaaahhhhh! Unfortunatley I am leaving today so no chocolate tour for me although I think it will save me money as so many of you want me to send you some chocolate. I think that I am starting to turn a little Italian as I spent much of yesterday people watching and walking around and around. I found the books that I need for uni so that is good and I walked through ancient archways. I had my first real meal in a little ... read more

Okay, so it's about time I blog about my last few days in Perugia, Italy - it didn't end in Venice! Day 1 It was so great to finally hug Marissa and catch up with her. A little background for the readers: Marissa and I worked at The Daily newspaper at my university as classified ad reps. She left in June and the whole office was sad to see her go but excited for her new adventures. She is studying at the university in Perugia for a whole year! That night I arrived I basically just collapsed...that is, before exploring the city a bit. Yep, I just had to find out what Perugia had to offer so around 11:30 at night after one heck of a day, Marissa and I went on a walk around the ... read more