Blogs from Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Europe - page 5

This first week is so boring to right about, but actually living here in Perugia is incredible. I was just going to combine the entries that I missed, but I’m listening to The Midnight Beast and am more motivated now. All I did in Italian was review verb tenses and conjugations, and then went on a walk through Perugia. We asked questions about different types of espresso in the bars and my professor told us about a lot of good places in the city that we should visit.... read more

This is my first post on my first ever blog. I don't know if anyone will read this, or if it will never be seen. I would appreciate comments just to know someone is seeing this! I am a Jounalism/Mass Communication major and have always been into writing. I tend to ramble alot and I promise I can't promise to avoid doing it in this blog :) So, how did I end up here in Perugia, Italy? I wish the story had more substance than it actually does. Instead, it was more suggested to me by my dad. It started as a "Claire, I saw that there is a meeting about studying abroad in Perugia for Spring 2012..it's at this room at this time. And you really, really should go." I didn't say no. I had ... read more

This is a day late, so I’ll just post twice today. Our Italian classes began today. This week is only Italian, in order to teach us the basics on how to get by in Italy. We have three 1.5 hour classes every day. Super intense, but I’m going to learn so much. Then I went out to eat at my advisor’s house. We had so much pizza. We discussed all of the technical stuff, such as classes and how our apartments are. After dinner, when we were walking home, I asked one of my advisors to show us where Amanda Knox’s house is, so we took the short walk over. The house is so creepy, especially because we went at night. I’m going to go back to take pictures, but only during the day. It’s too ... read more

Yesterday and today have been so busy. I had to move in yesterday, and since moving in I’ve had a million meetings to go to. The one bad thing about the apartment is that it’s always FREEZING. I added a blanket to my bed last night and still couldn’t fall asleep because I was so cold. I just added another huge blanket, so hopefully it will help more. We took a small tour of the city today, and it is so beautiful. I can’t wait to go on a walk and just take pictures of everything. I should have taken my Nikon, or bought myself a better camera. The one I’m using isn’t too bad, but it definitely isn’t good enough. We’ve been making our own food for the most part. I bought a panini today, ... read more

I am studying abroad in Perugia, Italy next semester, and I will be using this blog to record my experiences. I’m going to try my best to post every day while I’m away; writing absolutely everything that I have done that day, from classes to what I made for dinner. Hopefully I’ll be good about uploading pictures so that I can add those in, too. I have family in Italy, so I have been there quite a few times. I have also been to Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. I hope to travel a lot while I’m there, mostly to the places in Europe I haven’t been yet. I’m extremely lucky to have this opportunity. Anyways, I just thought I’d write a small background entry before I leave. I still have about ... read more