5 Hours Later

Whew! It was a long day spent at the Center. This morning I woke up and managed to survive on only a teeny tiny granola bar and a delicious cappuccino at a bar on the way to school. It was a pleasant warm breezy day and I wore my new dress :)  Ginny and I attended our cooking class with one of the ISCs Sara whom I really like. She claims her french is better than her English but she is so easy to understand so I can't imagine how good her French must be. We made Saltimbocca [saltare/salti= you jump  im= in (with a Roman accent) bocca =mouth) youjumpinmouth! haha It is a strip of veal then a strip of prosciutto layered on top and you roll a sage leaf in teh middle so you have something sorta like meat sushi? Then stick a toothpick in it. This gets fried in a pan FULL of butter and then later you add some white wine to the butter. It was tender and delicious with a hint of sage mmmmmm  we also made pesto pasta from scratch to go with it. Pesto is simply tons of basil, garlic, and pine nuts mixed together with a tiny bit of hot water from the boiling pasta pot. Sara is a great teacher, fun friend, and amazing cook! I ate well today.

basilico

Ryan and I cooking up a storm

After yummy lunch I checked email on the library computer until classes. My Italian class was first from 1-3:30 where I interviewed a classmate and got interviewed all about Italian musicians. It was nerve racking but actually went smoothly. After Italian I jogged upstairs and begin my first day in 301 (from 3:30-6), where I truly belong! I brought the A game today and my Italian was forming quickly and easily in my head. I met some new kids in my class and saw a couple acquaintances. I spoke with the teacher about the permanent switch and she said that was fine I can even request to be in the section with my roommate. The only down side is that I have to take the quiz for my easy class tomorrow AND the quiz for my new class tomorrow. Another day of back to back classes (on a Friday no less!!!!) tomorrow, but my first class is taking a trip to the gelateria as the final part of our quiz ;)  I can handle that.

For the weekend we as an apartment were considering catching a train up to Siena. Sadly most of the hostels are all booked up and it's kinda last minute and we all have quizzes.... might not work out. Thankfully we can do that any weekend because everything is so close!!! So instead I will hopefully meet up with my high school friend for a lunch/dinner date, and I'm meeting up with an IC/Pgh friend for the Stillers game on Sunday night!!! Beat them Ravens! We also might join Claudio's boys for another trip to the beach, which would be delightful in September :)  Tonight we're off to meet up with some IES students and hopefully I can also see my friend who is studying here from Cornell! Those Delts are everywhere! haha                        A Presto!


ps. fall break plans in the making, watch out Mere and Lauren!

pps. a picture from our first day at IES

Sophia Ginny and I