Geo: 40.6263, 14.3757Hello all,Have had a fairly busy last 3 days, it's really hard to believe that I've been gone almost 2 weeks! In some ways, it seems longer than that but at the same time it's gone very quickly, time is a hard thing to define...Monday: We had 3 new people join our class, one gal that we already knew and was here last week. A woman from Switzerland that will be here for a month, and another gal from Norway, I think she may have been here last week also though in another class. The teachers have all switched around also, so we have two new ones, they are quite nice also but speak to us in Italian more... Molto difficile! After class, I went for a long walk down the main road trying ... read more

Geo: 40.6263, 14.3757Here are some photos of the evening stroll in Marina Grande last night. It's a small fishing village down the cliff and under the original Greek archway that was in the city walls. Took a photo of a sign on the side of a house it's a B&B I believe run by a Gilda, the name of one of my grandmother's sisters so I took a pic of it. It's a very picturesque place...... read more

Geo: 40.6263, 14.3757Today we said goodbye to some of the people that were here for only a week, there was a small "graduation" ceremony for them consisting of a "diploma" and much clapping and fanfare from all! I guess more students will be joining us next week. It is really hard to believe I've been gone for a week, it has gone by really fast, though I have a feeling the next week will be slower with looking forward to going home on my mind as I am missing my family! After class today, I came back to the apt and had lunch, checked emails, and rested a bit. I then went out exploring the town a little, tried to find the shop my hostess said she buys homemade pasta from, I think I found it ... read more

Geo: 40.6263, 14.3757After an exhausting day of hiking over the stones of Pompeii yesterday, it was hard to get out of bed this morning! I did though at about 7:00, took my shower and went to my hostesses apt for a slightly stale cornetto and lukewarm tea... Oh well, off to school! Am totally enjoying, my classes and am so hoping I remember everything!!! We did more review of the basic verbs and indeterminate articles, going onto the plurals of them, in grammar class. In our conversation class, we drew our "ideal house" and then got in front of the class to explain it in Italian, good practice and at times hilarious!I have very interesting classmates, actually everyone here is interesting, we have a judge from CA who is also a commissioner, pretty high up person ... read more

Geo: 40.6263, 14.3757Buenasera! This morning after a nice cornetto and tea with my hostess in her apt. I headed over to the school (Scoula) for the 8:30 start, was as foretold by yours truly that I would be put into the beginners class and was :-) We will have grammar class every day from 9-10:40 then a 20-minute break then back for conversation class from 11-12:40. So during grammar, I was thinking this is too facile (easy) BUT during the conversation class, I decided that it was just right! So am very happy where I am placed, have nice classmates, only 4 of us in there, so will get lots of one on one teaching. It's only been the one day but am really enjoying it. After class 4 of us took our lunch and sat ... read more