Isabella has arrived in fair Verona!
Today, we woke up late and just made it to our orientation for classes. This is really weird, but I really like the rooms where our classes are being held. They are big, have open windows, a view of the river, and lots of travel books.
Martin (our trip director) then took us on a walking tour around Verona, showing us where the grocery stores, pharmacies, etcetera were.
THEN Lanier, Lizzy, and I went to the grocery store. Haha, what an experience! Of course, we stand out like sore thumbs ("silly American girls..") and don't speak ANY Italian! Still, we managed to buy the essentials (cereal, pasta, sauce, vino), and everything was fairly cheap!
After returning to our humble abode (and really.. it's humble), I researched some places for us to travel. I'm thinking either Croatia or Nice, France this upcoming weekend, Munich/Zurich/Salzburg/Geneva the second weekend, and Cinque Terra (on the Western coast of Italy) the last weekend. Still, I'm taking suggestions :)
I really enjoyed walking to the main part of town this afternoon. We all sound outside and lingering over our drinks, of which mine was super strong (it's legal over here, okay!) We then wandered through a wine festival, of which my friend Chris sampled a little too much wine! Finally, we made our way to a restaurant that took awhile but we were glad to eat. It's kinda funny.. the Italians seem to gawk at us! And I'm not even that blonde, nor do I like to think of myself as a dunce? Who knows..
While I didn't take any pictures today (after all, we will be here for two weeks), I will leave with this Bing image of what our evening stroll home to the apartment looked like:
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