Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Gelato in my hair and other precious things
Hello world!! I'm currently living the Italian life in the beautiful city of Venice. It's so incredibly lovely here. Unfortunately I only have my iPhone so blogging/emailing/anything really is difficult. Not to mention the spotty Internet... The weather has been.. How to say this..less than par. It's been raining pretty much non stop-except for a brief period of sunshine yesterday afternoon. Today the weather says 82 and sunny which is mildly comical because I'm looking out my window and it's cloudy and raining. Well... I'm spending time with my lovely mother in the mystical city of Venice- so no complaining :) were having a fabulous time and learning lots of useful Italian, drinking lots of prosecco, and admiring the canal, boats, courtyards and pretty much ever other "precious" and "charming" aspects of this city. According to mama everything and everyone is precious. I would agree for the most part. Sorry this is so short but I'm off to take advantage of this so called beautiful day and take a boat down the grand canal. Ciao ciao ciao :)
Sunday, May 13, 2012
How to consolidate your possessions-Suggestions appreciated
Good morning everyone! This is a very exciting and rather strange/sad week. It is officially my last week in Menton. I leave on Friday! wow...how is this possible? Remember my posts from when I first arrived about how everything was so different-well now it's normal-my new normal. But now i'm leaving-how is this real life? I will write more about my feelings on that later.
Quick transition to the exciting part-MY MOM ARRIVES TOMORROW! She will officially be in Nice in exactly 32 hours! I am so excited to show her around my life in Menton and the South of France. And then we depart on Friday for a whirlwind Euro-tour.
I will be flying back to the US of A in one month and two days. Which leads to the next problem...I am packing for a backpacking trip that is going to last 30 days...and I only have one backpack to pack it all in. Some of you may be wondering (like myself) how i'm going to do that. The answer is that I haven't decided and I will have to cross that bridge when I come to it (maybe in Venice-I hear there are lots of bridges there!).
What my mother doesn't know is that as soon as she arrives she is going to be forced into helping me convert my room, closet, dresser, desk of 4 months into one large suitcase (that has an unknown destiny because my mom doesn't want me to bring it on our trip) and a small travelers backpack. I mean, I can't last one whole month without my belly dancing outfit and matching tambourine! Also-remember back to the end of February when I backpacked around Morocco for ONE WEEK? I vaguely remember writing that it was fun to live out of a back pack for a week-now quadruple that...rough. The challenge appears to be insurmountable-I hope I can disprove that theory.
Another funny (?) thing is that I still have one more final. Am I worried/studying for it at all? No. Do I need to be? Unfortunately, yes. Because I actually have to PASS my classes-what a drag, right?
I spent most of the morning (and by that I mean the last two hours) trying to organize my room. It appears to be more chaotic than when I began-I think it might just be part of the process though.
I have a pretty rough life, don't I? Okay, point taken-I really shouldn't be complaining. I hope everyone is enjoying beautiful Spring. It's already the middle of May-wow! Have a marvelous week-and remember to remind yourself to be grateful for everything you have-I know I am :)
Ciao!
Quick transition to the exciting part-MY MOM ARRIVES TOMORROW! She will officially be in Nice in exactly 32 hours! I am so excited to show her around my life in Menton and the South of France. And then we depart on Friday for a whirlwind Euro-tour.
I will be flying back to the US of A in one month and two days. Which leads to the next problem...I am packing for a backpacking trip that is going to last 30 days...and I only have one backpack to pack it all in. Some of you may be wondering (like myself) how i'm going to do that. The answer is that I haven't decided and I will have to cross that bridge when I come to it (maybe in Venice-I hear there are lots of bridges there!).
What my mother doesn't know is that as soon as she arrives she is going to be forced into helping me convert my room, closet, dresser, desk of 4 months into one large suitcase (that has an unknown destiny because my mom doesn't want me to bring it on our trip) and a small travelers backpack. I mean, I can't last one whole month without my belly dancing outfit and matching tambourine! Also-remember back to the end of February when I backpacked around Morocco for ONE WEEK? I vaguely remember writing that it was fun to live out of a back pack for a week-now quadruple that...rough. The challenge appears to be insurmountable-I hope I can disprove that theory.
Another funny (?) thing is that I still have one more final. Am I worried/studying for it at all? No. Do I need to be? Unfortunately, yes. Because I actually have to PASS my classes-what a drag, right?
I spent most of the morning (and by that I mean the last two hours) trying to organize my room. It appears to be more chaotic than when I began-I think it might just be part of the process though.
I have a pretty rough life, don't I? Okay, point taken-I really shouldn't be complaining. I hope everyone is enjoying beautiful Spring. It's already the middle of May-wow! Have a marvelous week-and remember to remind yourself to be grateful for everything you have-I know I am :)
Ciao!
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