Yesterday was my first day of school...let me just say that even though I am going to school in Italy in a building from the 1300's, its still school. After tossing and turning all night Sunday, I woke up after only about 3 hours of sleep and started my first day of school. My first class is Professional Seminar, in which we learn about putting a resume and cover letter together, interviewing skills etc... Common sense, I would think, but it is required before we can intern, so I will just get through it. My second class, which I have Monday through Thursday is Basic Conversational Italian. One would think that this class being called "Basic" in the title, it would be basic. Our professor walks in and immediately begins rattling off an entire lecture in Italian, and we continue to look at him like deer in headlights; and to top it all off he finishes his speech with, "You understand? Yes?" Obviously, we shook our heads "No." It is a very difficult class, but as the days go on, I am learning more Italian! He is definitely a strange teacher, but I feel like he does want us to learn.
The other class I have on Mondays and Wednesday is my Studio class. Right now we are draping a corset on the dress form. It is not necessarily difficult, but must be done with precision, and sometimes I am not so good at that. Once I am finished, I will have a boned corset with a side zipper, that has multiple layers.
My Tuesday and Thursday classes are Product Development, Italian and on Tuesday we have a class called, Italian Fashion and Culture. This class would be cool except our professor has this really weird accent. First of all, she is from Cincinnati, so she should have no accent, but she has been living in Florence for 20 years, so I am sure her Italian is pretty good. However, she puts an "a" on the end of all of her sentences. Example: Today, we are going to watch a moviea! Isn't that excitinga? Its almost as if she is speaking English with an Italian accent, but the only thing that carried over was the way they talk, not necessarily an accent...Just where she accents her words...anyways, it is EXTREMELY annoying and noticeable, and sitting through a 2 hour class of this is bordering on unbearable. But the class is about Italian culture and how it relates to Italian fashion. Interesting, but again unbearable. My class that I have on Thursday is Fashion Study Tour, which isn't really a class, but where we get information on the trips the school has planned for us, etc...
Speaking of trips, I am stepping into the world of the jetsetters! My upcoming schedule is amazing!
August 29: Volterra (bus trip through Chianti, not really sure what we are doing there, its with school)
August 31: Cinque Terre- a hike through 5 small villages on the coast of Italy.
Sept 3-7: London (with Fashion Program)
Sept 11-14: Amalfi Coast- A bus trip to the coast which consists of Naples, Pompeii, Blue Grotto, Capri, and Sorrento. We are staying in bungalows on the beach!
Sept 19-21: Amsterdam
Sept 24-28: Paris!!!!!! ( I am looking forward to this trip the most!!!)
Oct 3-5: Munich for Oktoberfest!!!!
Oct 10-12: Interlaken (Switzerland)- The extreme sports capital of the world! All of my roommates and friends are skydiving, but I will be safely on the ground taking pictures...however, I will go whitewater rafting when we are there!
Oct 16-19: Dublin- Guiness factory tour, etc...
Oct 23-26: Prague
Oct 31-Nov 2: Barcelona
Nov 14: Milan - daytrip with school
Nov 26-30: Venice and Rome with Ben!
These are the only trips so far, we only have about 4 other weekends that we would be able to travel and there are only a couple of other destinations missing:
-Egypt
-French Riviera
-Pisa, Tuscany, Chianti
-Greece
-Vienna
...not sure if we will make it to all these places, but its nice to dream!
Ciao ciao for now!
~K
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