Will Miss:
-Sweet teachers/advisors
-Cooking class
-All of the amazing friends that I made
-Partying with the locals frequently
-Waldo
-San Marco in general
-Bad ass Terrace
-All of the stray dogs
-Dora's fine ass
-How close everything is
Wont Miss:
-This crack house, but more specifically;
-My bed
-My pillow
-Getting burnt every time I use any faucet in this house, except the kitchen one
-My kitchen
-Stove
-Everything being broken
-The old lady across the street seeing and screaming at ghots, usually around 7 am
-Old men who give us the worst looks for being American
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Cinque Terre/Good bye Tuscania
This past weekend a group of us went to Cinque Terre.....the most beautiful city in the world. Literally, everything there looked like it should be in a postcard. I have some pictures updated to my facebook from the trip. I have tried emailing pictures to people but for some reason my email wont let me do that. In cinque terre we got to meet some of the people who were going to be in Rome and they seemed really cool. The trip made me really excited to go to Rome but at the same time it made me a little sad that I am leaving Tuscania. If anyone ever has the chance to go to Italy, VISIT 5 TERRE! For real, you can hike between these 5 small fishing towns (it takes about 5 hours to hike the whole thing but it is beautiful) I only hiked between the first 3 than took a train to the last Terra, where I went Kayaking along the coast line of the Terre's. I would have to say that after doing that, my trip was complete! while on the Kayak i jumped off and was swimming in the ocean for a little while, it was really freaky since the there are giant rock structures that are under the water and if I were a giant sea monster......I would DEF hide in that shit haha. So, this week was the last week of classes, I was the most sad to no longer have a cooking class! It was the best class that I have ever taken, but I learned how to cook so many amazing things so I'm not to worried. My finals went well, I think I ended up getting B's in both of my classes which isn't bad. Since tonight is our last night here, I'm pretty sure that we are going to go a little bit crazy.....well actually not a little bit, probably a lot, the school is taking us out to this really nice place for dinner where they serve us pasta in a giant cheese wheel so when the scoop out the pasta you get meltly deliciousness along with it! By this time tomorrow I will be living in ROME!!!! It is going to be crazy and I cannot wait. Our advisors keep telling us that we need to be careful in rome and that we are going to be in shock when we get there, but honestly I dont really see it being that different from downtown Chicago. Well, besides the fact that it has some of the most historical places in the world and everyone speaks Italian.....Well, That's all I have for today, I will write when I am in Rome to update everyone about the apartment. Ciao!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sorry I haven't Posted Lately
Hey Guys,
How is everything going? I am really having a great time here, it is amazing! I haven't really posted lately because I have had a ton of Italian homework and not to mention I have been having a ton of fun.....and, our Internet here is slower than all holy hell. So, what I have done thus far: 2 different beaches (One was called Moltato, and the other was Tarquina, I really liked Moltato because it was a black sand beach and beautiful), gone to the oldest volcanic lake in Europe (Lake Bolsena), gone to a pretty sweet big town called Viterbo. When we went to Viterbo I made my advisor take me clothes shopping so that he could help me try shit on and then taylor the things. But, I am very happy that I am here. Don't get my wrong, I miss all of you a shit ton but to be honest I really wish that it wasn't so damn expensive to come here so all of you guys could come visit. My classes here are going ok, my History (Storia) class is fucking boring, the interesting things about it are we have a lot of field trips to museums. My Italian class is difficult and simple at the same time. For example; the conjugations are simple but pronunciation is hard because I confuse it with spanish, my cooking class is FUCKING AMAZING, I have learned so many good stuff and recipes and it really is the best class I have taken. This weekend I am going to Cinque Terra, they are 5 small fishing islands that are connected and we get to hike them or take the train between each. FINALLY, we actually get to stay in an hotel with a real shower and bed hahaha! I have told many of you but I literally live in a crack house in Italy....everything is broken. But...it's in Italy so I don't really care. It is really sad that I am leaving Tuscania in a two weeks. We have really gotten close with some of the locals here, and the people in the program that are staying here. I mean it is sad....but at the same time I cannot fucking wait for Rome! It is going to be amazing. I really am excited that we finally get to have more than one place to go at night, haha, I mean San Marco is nice, but at the same time discoteca's are going to be amazing. Tomorrow, my roommates and the other student from LdM are invited to a locals (Stefano's) birthday. Our cooking teacher is cooking dinner, and we get unlimited drinks all for 20 euro. So, basically it's a steal. For some reason, I got really homesick this week, but it was really good, because I got to skype with my family 2 times so that helped a lot. (p.s. my skype name is donnymiller22 add me) Well, I cannot think of anything to add besides I miss you guys and cannot wait to talk/see you guys again. Love you
Ciao!!
Donny
How is everything going? I am really having a great time here, it is amazing! I haven't really posted lately because I have had a ton of Italian homework and not to mention I have been having a ton of fun.....and, our Internet here is slower than all holy hell. So, what I have done thus far: 2 different beaches (One was called Moltato, and the other was Tarquina, I really liked Moltato because it was a black sand beach and beautiful), gone to the oldest volcanic lake in Europe (Lake Bolsena), gone to a pretty sweet big town called Viterbo. When we went to Viterbo I made my advisor take me clothes shopping so that he could help me try shit on and then taylor the things. But, I am very happy that I am here. Don't get my wrong, I miss all of you a shit ton but to be honest I really wish that it wasn't so damn expensive to come here so all of you guys could come visit. My classes here are going ok, my History (Storia) class is fucking boring, the interesting things about it are we have a lot of field trips to museums. My Italian class is difficult and simple at the same time. For example; the conjugations are simple but pronunciation is hard because I confuse it with spanish, my cooking class is FUCKING AMAZING, I have learned so many good stuff and recipes and it really is the best class I have taken. This weekend I am going to Cinque Terra, they are 5 small fishing islands that are connected and we get to hike them or take the train between each. FINALLY, we actually get to stay in an hotel with a real shower and bed hahaha! I have told many of you but I literally live in a crack house in Italy....everything is broken. But...it's in Italy so I don't really care. It is really sad that I am leaving Tuscania in a two weeks. We have really gotten close with some of the locals here, and the people in the program that are staying here. I mean it is sad....but at the same time I cannot fucking wait for Rome! It is going to be amazing. I really am excited that we finally get to have more than one place to go at night, haha, I mean San Marco is nice, but at the same time discoteca's are going to be amazing. Tomorrow, my roommates and the other student from LdM are invited to a locals (Stefano's) birthday. Our cooking teacher is cooking dinner, and we get unlimited drinks all for 20 euro. So, basically it's a steal. For some reason, I got really homesick this week, but it was really good, because I got to skype with my family 2 times so that helped a lot. (p.s. my skype name is donnymiller22 add me) Well, I cannot think of anything to add besides I miss you guys and cannot wait to talk/see you guys again. Love you
Ciao!!
Donny
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Ciao, Come Stai?
My title says, Hello, How are you doing?
I haven't heard from very many people! Jerks, just kidding! Well it has been my third day of classes and I really like them. Italian is a combo of hard and easy, I know that doesn't make any sense but yeah hahaha, today class went well and I really understood all of it. My other class is a history class.....at 9am....its pretty rough. But at the same time its really interesting. I read most of the stories that we talk about which is nice but the teacher is so damn boring that it literally makes EVERYONE fall asleep in class. I have my first quiz tomorrow in Italian so I'm going to the bar to study with my class today (the bars here are also coffee shops that give free internet). So my allergies have been so damn bad and I just found out why, I guess September (Settembre) is harvest season so all of the pollen and bugs are out, which by the way I have at least 100 bug bites hahaha. So my Italian teacher gave me good tips on what to do......go to the pharmacy. Tomorrow is our last day of classes for the week! WOOO this weekend we are going to Moltato on Friday (Venedi), all the locals say that is a beautiful beach there, then Saturday (Sabto) we are going to Viterbo, they have hot springs there. Im pretty pumped because both of these trips are only 30 min away and cost 4 euro. Well I know this was a short post but I miss you all!
A Preso!!! (Talk soon)
-Donny (even though in Italian my name would be spelled Donni, Italians dont have the letter Y)
I haven't heard from very many people! Jerks, just kidding! Well it has been my third day of classes and I really like them. Italian is a combo of hard and easy, I know that doesn't make any sense but yeah hahaha, today class went well and I really understood all of it. My other class is a history class.....at 9am....its pretty rough. But at the same time its really interesting. I read most of the stories that we talk about which is nice but the teacher is so damn boring that it literally makes EVERYONE fall asleep in class. I have my first quiz tomorrow in Italian so I'm going to the bar to study with my class today (the bars here are also coffee shops that give free internet). So my allergies have been so damn bad and I just found out why, I guess September (Settembre) is harvest season so all of the pollen and bugs are out, which by the way I have at least 100 bug bites hahaha. So my Italian teacher gave me good tips on what to do......go to the pharmacy. Tomorrow is our last day of classes for the week! WOOO this weekend we are going to Moltato on Friday (Venedi), all the locals say that is a beautiful beach there, then Saturday (Sabto) we are going to Viterbo, they have hot springs there. Im pretty pumped because both of these trips are only 30 min away and cost 4 euro. Well I know this was a short post but I miss you all!
A Preso!!! (Talk soon)
-Donny (even though in Italian my name would be spelled Donni, Italians dont have the letter Y)
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Time of my Life
Ciao!
I don’t even know where to begin! So far this experience has been amazing! I cannot express how much of a good time I have been having with all of my roommates and the other people in this program. Tuscania is a very little town composed of 9000 people (funny to think my high school has half of that amount in students). All the people here are really laid back and typically friendly. The older people don’t really care for us too much, but then again they don’t really care for us in America either. However, we have met some interesting locals, because there are only really 2 places to hangout at night. 1) San Marco, it is a bar 2) the park that overlooks the church and countryside. As college kids……we typically stay at San Marco hahaha, we have been there every night since Thursday. But, we did go to the park last night (Sat) and had a really fun time hanging out and enjoying the view. Sat was an odd day here, there was 9 of us who really wanted to go to the beach (well there was more people who wanted to go but they were a wee bit too hung-over) since every day we have been here it has been in the 90’s. So, we asked the locals what beach that we could take a bus to was best to go to and she said Mantalto. Well the first bus that we were planning on taking was 10 min early, then the next one never came, so after waiting for about 1.5 hours we all decided that the next bus that came we would get on and just go wherever it took us. That place ended up to be a town called Tarquina (by the way I have no idea if I’m spelling these names right). We had so much fun exploring this town and just wandering all throughout it. I have noticed that the most fun I have here is when we get a group of people together and just wander. Class starts tomorrow, Labor Day isn’t celebrated here, and I couldn’t be anymore excited. A girl pointed out to us yesterday, each class we have is only for 16 days! So even if I don’t like the classes I’m in it’s not like I have to deal with them for very long. Although I don’t really think that I am ever going to get sick of the classes. The locals that we have become friends with told us that our cooking teacher is one of the best cooks here…..I cannot wait. They were all joking that we have never had food until we have eaten his hahaha. I am really hoping that he can teach us a lot of good recipes and that way I’ll be able to whip up some good stuff back home, however with the way everything has been going I don’t think I’ll ever want to go home hahaha kidding I really do miss all my friends and family very much and cannot wait to see all of you again. Well actually I really wish that flights weren’t expensive so that all of you could come enjoy this crazy-awesome-beautiful place. OH and also, there have been so many stray animals here that are so damn cool. For instance, we found a cat on our terrace last night, and it def stayed the night at our place. Her name was Cleopatra and she was the SHIT! Until she started being a dumb cat and trying to play with all of us this morning when we were sleeping, then we let her out side so she could go back to home hahaha, all the guys have a joke running that by the time I go home I am going to have flees because I want to pet all the dogs. Also, I have been contemplating buying puppies they have for sale here and bringing one home. It’s name would be Cane Oweste (Cane is dog, Oweste is west) ☺
Love you all!
I don’t even know where to begin! So far this experience has been amazing! I cannot express how much of a good time I have been having with all of my roommates and the other people in this program. Tuscania is a very little town composed of 9000 people (funny to think my high school has half of that amount in students). All the people here are really laid back and typically friendly. The older people don’t really care for us too much, but then again they don’t really care for us in America either. However, we have met some interesting locals, because there are only really 2 places to hangout at night. 1) San Marco, it is a bar 2) the park that overlooks the church and countryside. As college kids……we typically stay at San Marco hahaha, we have been there every night since Thursday. But, we did go to the park last night (Sat) and had a really fun time hanging out and enjoying the view. Sat was an odd day here, there was 9 of us who really wanted to go to the beach (well there was more people who wanted to go but they were a wee bit too hung-over) since every day we have been here it has been in the 90’s. So, we asked the locals what beach that we could take a bus to was best to go to and she said Mantalto. Well the first bus that we were planning on taking was 10 min early, then the next one never came, so after waiting for about 1.5 hours we all decided that the next bus that came we would get on and just go wherever it took us. That place ended up to be a town called Tarquina (by the way I have no idea if I’m spelling these names right). We had so much fun exploring this town and just wandering all throughout it. I have noticed that the most fun I have here is when we get a group of people together and just wander. Class starts tomorrow, Labor Day isn’t celebrated here, and I couldn’t be anymore excited. A girl pointed out to us yesterday, each class we have is only for 16 days! So even if I don’t like the classes I’m in it’s not like I have to deal with them for very long. Although I don’t really think that I am ever going to get sick of the classes. The locals that we have become friends with told us that our cooking teacher is one of the best cooks here…..I cannot wait. They were all joking that we have never had food until we have eaten his hahaha. I am really hoping that he can teach us a lot of good recipes and that way I’ll be able to whip up some good stuff back home, however with the way everything has been going I don’t think I’ll ever want to go home hahaha kidding I really do miss all my friends and family very much and cannot wait to see all of you again. Well actually I really wish that flights weren’t expensive so that all of you could come enjoy this crazy-awesome-beautiful place. OH and also, there have been so many stray animals here that are so damn cool. For instance, we found a cat on our terrace last night, and it def stayed the night at our place. Her name was Cleopatra and she was the SHIT! Until she started being a dumb cat and trying to play with all of us this morning when we were sleeping, then we let her out side so she could go back to home hahaha, all the guys have a joke running that by the time I go home I am going to have flees because I want to pet all the dogs. Also, I have been contemplating buying puppies they have for sale here and bringing one home. It’s name would be Cane Oweste (Cane is dog, Oweste is west) ☺
Love you all!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Finally Here
Hello!
After a long day of traveling and meeting new people I am finally in Italy! I live in an apartment above an Interior Designer's studio with 4 other guys that are in this program. All of us really similar with the things we like to do, which is going to be awesome in my opinion. At our apartment we have a great terrace that has a lime tree, and grape vines all over, so last night we decided to invite all of the students in our group over for wine after we had pizza at local pizzeria. The apartment is great but I think our outlets dont have power so that should be interesting. The jet lag was a killer last night but I'm happy to say that I am not too tired today. The town we are staying in (Tuscania) couldn't be more beautiful. It is filled with old buildings, great views, and even greater people. I am sad to say that my Italian has been pretty bad haha, when they are speaking to me here my brain just thinks it is Spanish so I just respond back in Spanish. It isn't too different though, so I'm not that worried. Class starts next monday and I am enrolled in Basic Italian, Eutruscans Romans and Greeks, AND an Italian cooking class!!!!! I really didn't think they were going to have the cooking class but to my surprise it was on my roster. I will be uploading pictures to my computer very soon, I mainly have just fotos di mi casa y mi Scoula. Well, I cannot wait to hear from people, you can either email or facebook message me, however, I do not have internet in my house, I can only get it at the school.
love you all
Donny
After a long day of traveling and meeting new people I am finally in Italy! I live in an apartment above an Interior Designer's studio with 4 other guys that are in this program. All of us really similar with the things we like to do, which is going to be awesome in my opinion. At our apartment we have a great terrace that has a lime tree, and grape vines all over, so last night we decided to invite all of the students in our group over for wine after we had pizza at local pizzeria. The apartment is great but I think our outlets dont have power so that should be interesting. The jet lag was a killer last night but I'm happy to say that I am not too tired today. The town we are staying in (Tuscania) couldn't be more beautiful. It is filled with old buildings, great views, and even greater people. I am sad to say that my Italian has been pretty bad haha, when they are speaking to me here my brain just thinks it is Spanish so I just respond back in Spanish. It isn't too different though, so I'm not that worried. Class starts next monday and I am enrolled in Basic Italian, Eutruscans Romans and Greeks, AND an Italian cooking class!!!!! I really didn't think they were going to have the cooking class but to my surprise it was on my roster. I will be uploading pictures to my computer very soon, I mainly have just fotos di mi casa y mi Scoula. Well, I cannot wait to hear from people, you can either email or facebook message me, however, I do not have internet in my house, I can only get it at the school.
love you all
Donny
Monday, August 31, 2009
Departure
So I leave tomorrow and I am not going to lie, the anticipation is eating me away. But, at the same time, I'm freaking out!! I had to repack my suitcase about 4 different times now and I cannot wait until I am there. They told us that we should only pack as if we were staying for a week's vacation.....I didn't see how that was anywhere near possible, considering we are staying there for almost 4 months haha. However, I have been taking clothes out left and right because I figure its going to be pretty cool to buy clothes while I'm there. My flight leaves O'Hare at 4 tomorrow, then I have a 3 hour lay-over in Amsterdam, then by 12:40 pm on Wednesday (which will be 7am in America) I will be in ITALY! The thought of being in a different country is amazing. I couldn't have been luckier to get this opportunity and I look forward to experiencing all the country has to offer. While I really wish I could be back at school going to classes and partying with my ISU friends, this is going to be so damn fun/crazy/interesting/life-changing. Well, I will keep posting to this throughout the trip.
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