Wendy2017

Geo: 44.4944, 11.3492Woke up before the alarm, 4:30 ish... Fell asleep at 10 last night so that's actually a pretty good nights sleep for me. Didn't have to rush to get ready. Did the usual morning routine and left the apt at 7:04, walked to the bus stop and waited till 7:20. He came right on time, got to the train station and hopped right on the bus to get to the airport, it sat there till 7:30 and we arrived at the airport at about 10 till 8.You have to scan your boarding pass before you even can go to security at a pass through similar to the metro. The man wanted me to check my bags but I convinced him to let me try to carry them on as I carried them on here... ... read more

Geo: 44.4944, 11.3492Hello all,I'll be keeping this short and sweet (?) I've been studying for about 5.5 - 6 hours for my test tomorrow. This is the first language school I've been to that has one... So not studying for a good grade but hopefully to not totally bomb it! Anyway, it was a great review of the past two weeks and I"m hoping it 'sticks'. After classes today, our little group of 3 went to lunch and J___ and I shared a pizza, it was a 4 seasons pizza, forgot to take a picture. But it was divided into quarters and one had mushrooms, one artichoke, one prosciutto and the last another kind of meat of unknown specificity! (Is that a word??) it's now 11:32 and I'm ready for bed! We enjoyed the olio picante ... read more

Geo: 44.4944, 11.3492Hello,TravelPod has emailed and said that the problem was all theirs and that people should now be able to post comments. Please comment, it's so nice to hear from anyone that is reading this!Today, went to school, again a bit of a brain bender, I sure hope this is helping the little gray cells stay healthy.... Stayed for the extra hour of class, which was grammar, good class, and all the seats were filled. Made plans with J___ and A____ along with another student, Y____ the Japanese gal that is married to an Italian, to go to a good trattoria tomorrow after class for lunch. I want to try some authentic Bolognese spaghetti, it's actually not called that, that is what we call it... When you order, you order spaghetti a Ragu (meat sauce) ... read more

Geo: 44.4944, 11.3492Just finished the entry for yesterday, it's been a lazy day so far. It's Sunday morning, had every intention of sleeping in and woke up at 6:15... Oh well... Talked with Jim for a bit as it was Saturday night there so that was nice. Was very slow in getting my shower, making my breakfast...Read my Bible and really miss going to church, hard to believe a week from now I'll be home and will be going there (although we'll see about that with the jet lag). Wow, a hundred years ago a trip like this would last months just because it took weeks if not months to get to your destination, next week it will take me less than 20 hours to get home.... Amazing how things have changed in such a short ... read more

Geo: 44.4944, 11.3492Hello all, I've heard that some people can't comment on the blog. I've sent two emails to TravelPod and asked for help and have heard nothing back. If you want to comment and can't if you click on their contact link and tell them maybe that would have more of an impact and perhaps then they'll fix whatever problem there is... A busy day today, last day of school for the week and I'm already half way done with it... Seems like I just got here, two weeks is definitely not enough time to learn a language but it's also hard to be gone longer. Most of the people in the school are college kids so they don't have a problem with that one! Most of them are here for 1-3 months, seems like ... read more