So, I have been living in Brescia, Italy for exactly 2 weeks now and the time has flown by, but it also feels like I have been here for years. I think after this it will begin to get a little strange because it will start to hit me that this isn't a holiday, and I'm actually here for a while. To be exact, I'm here for 3 months, which maybe doesn't seem like a long time to some people, but I've never been far from home, even in University I was only an hours drive away. The pangs of homesickness have hit me a few times so far, but they are nothing a skype call and some cheap wine can't fix. I am here in Brescia because I am taking part in a scheme that
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