Day 176!

Ciao!
Sorry I haven't been blogging recently. My internet cable at my house is broken, so I have to go to the BCSP office or to Mariella's house to use the internet. What a pain! I have just been going to class and hanging out with Mariella mostly. She and I were valentines yesterday, haha.
On the 13th I went on a day trip to Ferrara with Mariella and three of the new students. It was really fun, we saw a real castle, complete with a moat! We also stumbled upon a lovely little park and a cemetery. It was nice to see some green, grass, and trees for once!
Last Saturday, Mariella and I took a day trip to Venice, mostly just to go to Murano for the glass. It is Carnivale here, and Venice was packed with people decked out in masks and costumes. St. Mark's square was flooded, too, which was so weird to see! It was actually a really sunny, beautiful (almost warm!) day.
Yesterday for Valentine's Day, Mariella and I went over to Lorena and Lauren's house (two of the new semester girls). Nicole came too, and we just had a little girls night. Nothing too elaborate, but very fun. We tried to make cookies, but they ended up more like biscuits haha. Baking is hard in Italy!
Here are some pix of our day trips, enjoy!
xoxo

Day 163!

Heyyy! I start class again tomorrow:( I have really enjoyed having the past few days with NOTHING to do!!! My friend Alyssa from IU came and stayed with me last weekend. She is studying in Florence this semester, so hopefully we will get to see a lot more of each other before the year is out! We have had more snow this weekend! It's so pretty when it's falling, but I really am OVER the winter, ready for spring to come along. We found a place to move that is not too far away from where we live now. It's on Via Delle Belle Arti, it's kinda old and really dirty right now, but I will get to have my own room there so that will be nice I guess. We are planning on being moved in by the beginning of March. I finally took pictures of my apartment where I have been living for the past five months! Check out the pix on Facebook!
XOXO