And speaking of food, we’ve been feeling a bit poor since Jess’ and Sean’s visit. On the one hand, we were thrilled to have an excuse to splurge, on the other hand, splurge we did and we have to pay up €412 each to Signora Cavalli in a few days time. Given this, [...]
Archive for September, 2007
fun with hard tack
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged food, random on Friday 28 September, 2007 | 1 Comment »
one-month mark
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged food, job-hunting, students, Vignola, work on Friday 28 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We have now been in Italy for one month, exactly thirty-one days. It feels like about five. Considering exactly how much we’ve accomplished in this first month (compared to what I had anticipated), we’ve done quite well for ourselves. We have an apartment, two private students each, friends (absent though they are), [...]
visitors!
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged Bologna, Ferrara, friends, students, visits on Monday 24 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jessie and Sean are visiting—today they’re in Venice, so it’s quiet around here for the day. It’s been lots of fun so far; ever since our Bolognesi friends went MIA, Julia and I have had only each other for company, and even we eventually run out of things to say. Jess and Sean [...]
not homeless!
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged apartment, firsts, joy, work on Saturday 22 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Everything has continued to fall together in a pleasing sort of way this last week. Julia has now taught three lessons. I went to my first job meeting sort of thing. I met with Grazia (I think that’s her name?), one of the two people who run it. She speaks very [...]
crossing fingers…
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged food, neglect, Norwegians on Monday 17 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, we haven’t actually signed a contract yet so I’m not going to describe it so as not to jinx anything, but I THINK we have an apartment. And a very nice one at that. So here’s hoping.
Not much other news. We went out to one of the major student bars the [...]
in bocca al lupo
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged coincidence, firsts, job-hunting, joy, work on Friday 14 September, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So, the big news. I have a job!
Today was that interview that I mentioned before, the one set up by the woman who called me on the train. I did a little googling online and found out that the school is called Circolo Leonardo, and has lots of different types of classes, including [...]
the stress builds
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged apartment-hunting, culture shock, job-hunting, stress on Wednesday 12 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
All right. Culture shock has officially set in. I know what it is; I know that it’s essentially equivalent to a psychological cold and will pass. But it still manages to make life difficult in the meantime, making even the easiest of tasks seem insurmountable. It feels like the entire Italian [...]
affitasi…
Posted in autumn, humorous, regular, year 1, tagged apartment-hunting, family, friends, Siena, Tuscan villas on Sunday 9 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So, apartment hunting! Fun times and adventures for all! Julia and I, not particularly wanting to be homeless come September 23 when our rent is up, have decided to go ahead and find an apartment—that is, to potentially sign a 12-month contract even though neither of us have an actual income at the [...]
Bologna’s idosyncrasies
Posted in autumn, descriptive, photographic, year 1, tagged Bologna on Wednesday 5 September, 2007 | 4 Comments »
No news at the moment (at least none I want to post for fear of jinxing myself), but I thought I’d say something about Bologna itself.
Probably Bologna’s most visible symbol are the Two Towers in the center of the city, one of which is leaning a little and the other precipitously. Apparently it [...]
amici!
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged firsts, friends, joy, parties on Monday 3 September, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last time I was living in Italy, it took me (and this was true for the majority of the others I believe) about 4-5 months to start actually making friends with Italians and having an integrated social life. This isn’t because Italians are particularly unfriendly—to the contrary, as a population they’re one of the [...]
