So...yesterday. I didn't get up too late, i think it was about 9. But i'm gunna skip to the interesting part as most of my day was fairly dull. Weekends are mostly about staying at the flat and not doing much. Maybe other weekends I could do stuff and get the train. This weekend Hannah has gone to Edinbrugh and Lydia is with her dad so there not much going on. I was going to go to the first lesson of this course in Marxism, but I was really tired. I ate lunch and boring stuff of that variety.
I met Lydia and her dad for drinks at half 7 in the evening. He is lovely, paid for my coke and they had processo. Then they left and I met Lucie. We wandered around this church for a while not knowing where we were going then we phoned up and found the place. Ironically it was where I pointed out to Lucie but she didn't think it was near enough the church ha ha.
So we met with the people we were going to the place with. I went with Lucie in the car. It was dark by this time and it took us ages to find the place as we got lost along the way! Me and Lucie talked about languages, and about using the tu form and the vous form in French. When we arrived at this town we got out and walked through the centre of the town to this big building that looked like a depot or a big supermarket. It had a marquee coming out of it so we entered there. The fair had finished but they were still making food at this big restaurant with truffles on almost every dish. I explained to the waiter about food and he asked the chefs for me. He came back and said that the only thing without milk in was risotto al tartafou. I had that but I really didn't like it, it made me feel quesy. Lucie had ravioli al ragu, which is ravioli with bolognase sauce but I couldn't have it as the ravioli were stuffed with cheese. This was really late, at about half 10 by the time we were eating. We didn't really talk that much to the Italian girls who were near us. After this I went home in a differnt car to Lucie as these were going to cental Bologna near me, and hers was going to further out where she lives. It workrd out ok as they went past my road so I asked to be dropped off there and it was a v short walk.
When i got back at like half 12 I had to hang out in my room all the wet washing from the washing machine that I had put on earlier that evening. In the car on the way home I had my first thought in French. It was "je dois faire quelque chose avec mes vetements" which means I must do something with my clothes. Then I went to bed.
Today I have really done very little. Me and the Japanese guy Mas cleaned the kitchen while the others did the other rooms. I downloaded a new album and listened to it twice. It was great. In the morning I hung up my clothes to dry and they're all nice and ready to wear now. Thats all really
xx
Sunday, 12 October 2008
Saturday, 11 October 2008
Friday
So me and Lucie had fun in Kinki (its a nightclub) we both agreed the music wasn't very good though. We left at about 2, exhausted!!
In the morning I had a long lie in, and it was goooooooooood! I stayed in bed until about 11, then i got up, showered then had lunch. It was a big mass of star pasta with tomato sauce on it and two fried eggs, tasted great.
After lunch I just kinda went online for a while and got v bored. Lucie invited me out for aperertifs (damn can't spell) but i forgot until the time that I was sposed to be meeting her so I text her and said I would be there soon. They were in the English pub, we had a cocktail and food. It was good. Lucie was mainly talking in Italian to this Hungarian girl. I understood most of it, but couldn't add much to the conversation myself so I felt a bit left out. It was ok thou, as working hard on understanding Italian is always good. At the end though my energy and concentration went out of the window and I gave up. Luckly we didn't stay there that much longer. I got home about half 11 and slept.
Update soon x
In the morning I had a long lie in, and it was goooooooooood! I stayed in bed until about 11, then i got up, showered then had lunch. It was a big mass of star pasta with tomato sauce on it and two fried eggs, tasted great.
After lunch I just kinda went online for a while and got v bored. Lucie invited me out for aperertifs (damn can't spell) but i forgot until the time that I was sposed to be meeting her so I text her and said I would be there soon. They were in the English pub, we had a cocktail and food. It was good. Lucie was mainly talking in Italian to this Hungarian girl. I understood most of it, but couldn't add much to the conversation myself so I felt a bit left out. It was ok thou, as working hard on understanding Italian is always good. At the end though my energy and concentration went out of the window and I gave up. Luckly we didn't stay there that much longer. I got home about half 11 and slept.
Update soon x
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Argh I never blog enough. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Tuesday:
I got up early (early lecture) and toddled off to my lecture. At the end of my lecture this Italian girl started talking to me and said I could borrow her notes. I thanked her, but after that this guy who was there started talking to me. Hes an American, from Brown University (they have a special Brown office here for American students) called Stephen. He said that he could photocopy the notes for free, so I lent him the notebook and arranged to meet him the next day so that I could give these back to the Italian girl.
I think this was also the day when, in the morning lecture, one of the italian students started talking to me and my Aussie friend Nicola. I didn't understand what he was saying. It turns out that these two Italians are doing a specialist degree in medieval history. They're finding the course waaay to easy and want to speed up as they have some kind of project to do soon. They were sweet thou. I can't remember what I did between lectures and in the evening, oh dear.
Wednesday:
OK, yesterday I still got up fairly early as I had to get my documents from the international office. That turned out to be fairly easy, then I met Lucie as we were going to get ESN cards (this being the only day of the week that the office is open *rolls eyes*). We had to wait for this Hungarian girl that Lucie had met and we all went together. Cards were fairly simple, just pay and give infomation. After that they both went to see their tutor so I had lunch at this really nice bar/cafe place called Bar Lime. We go there all the time. In the day its like a cafe, at night it does cocktails and stuff. So I had lunch there on my own and read this newspaper someone had left. It was interesting, but difficult language. I think I should start with the free tabloid type ones they give out all the time here. Then I had my lectures, met Stephen again and gave back the notebook. When the first lesson finished I went to the university computer site, which was interesting. I didn't do much thou, and I still can't figure out how to print stuff, but its ok. Went back for my next lecture and at the end still chatted to Steven. I'd been invited out by Lucie but declined due to tiredness, and was planning to go to dinner with Hannah, Chistina and Lydia. They hadn't text me times or places so I stayed chatting to Stephen and he met with this other American girl. They invited me for drinks until I knew what I was doing, but I realised I didn't have any money and would have to go home. So I rushed off home and got back to meet the girls for dinner quite late, but they arived at the same time. We went to this pub type restaurant place and ate outside by candlelight, it was good. I had this awesome chickpea and potato soup. Everyone else had tagliatelli al ragu, which is spag bol. They had wine and small desserts after. Before that we also had bruchetta, with raw tomatoes on. Lydias one had olives and cheese on. Bed came soon after
Thursday:
Today I got up and went to my lecture, but it didn't happen. Very confused. I went and got socks, as I hadn't done washing and therefore had ran out ha ha. Then I went back to my flat, went online for ages, then had a rest for a while. Oh, include lunch in that as well. I got up from my rest and went to my lecture, ate dinner and I'm now off to go clubbing, as when I gave my excuses yesterday I had to agree to be out today. Just as well I don't have any lectures tomorrow and can sleep. Its a bit said that Lydia will be away in Milan and Hannah in Edinbrugh this weekend, as there are less people to see. Sure I will find something to do thou. Will update soon xxx
I got up early (early lecture) and toddled off to my lecture. At the end of my lecture this Italian girl started talking to me and said I could borrow her notes. I thanked her, but after that this guy who was there started talking to me. Hes an American, from Brown University (they have a special Brown office here for American students) called Stephen. He said that he could photocopy the notes for free, so I lent him the notebook and arranged to meet him the next day so that I could give these back to the Italian girl.
I think this was also the day when, in the morning lecture, one of the italian students started talking to me and my Aussie friend Nicola. I didn't understand what he was saying. It turns out that these two Italians are doing a specialist degree in medieval history. They're finding the course waaay to easy and want to speed up as they have some kind of project to do soon. They were sweet thou. I can't remember what I did between lectures and in the evening, oh dear.
Wednesday:
OK, yesterday I still got up fairly early as I had to get my documents from the international office. That turned out to be fairly easy, then I met Lucie as we were going to get ESN cards (this being the only day of the week that the office is open *rolls eyes*). We had to wait for this Hungarian girl that Lucie had met and we all went together. Cards were fairly simple, just pay and give infomation. After that they both went to see their tutor so I had lunch at this really nice bar/cafe place called Bar Lime. We go there all the time. In the day its like a cafe, at night it does cocktails and stuff. So I had lunch there on my own and read this newspaper someone had left. It was interesting, but difficult language. I think I should start with the free tabloid type ones they give out all the time here. Then I had my lectures, met Stephen again and gave back the notebook. When the first lesson finished I went to the university computer site, which was interesting. I didn't do much thou, and I still can't figure out how to print stuff, but its ok. Went back for my next lecture and at the end still chatted to Steven. I'd been invited out by Lucie but declined due to tiredness, and was planning to go to dinner with Hannah, Chistina and Lydia. They hadn't text me times or places so I stayed chatting to Stephen and he met with this other American girl. They invited me for drinks until I knew what I was doing, but I realised I didn't have any money and would have to go home. So I rushed off home and got back to meet the girls for dinner quite late, but they arived at the same time. We went to this pub type restaurant place and ate outside by candlelight, it was good. I had this awesome chickpea and potato soup. Everyone else had tagliatelli al ragu, which is spag bol. They had wine and small desserts after. Before that we also had bruchetta, with raw tomatoes on. Lydias one had olives and cheese on. Bed came soon after
Thursday:
Today I got up and went to my lecture, but it didn't happen. Very confused. I went and got socks, as I hadn't done washing and therefore had ran out ha ha. Then I went back to my flat, went online for ages, then had a rest for a while. Oh, include lunch in that as well. I got up from my rest and went to my lecture, ate dinner and I'm now off to go clubbing, as when I gave my excuses yesterday I had to agree to be out today. Just as well I don't have any lectures tomorrow and can sleep. Its a bit said that Lydia will be away in Milan and Hannah in Edinbrugh this weekend, as there are less people to see. Sure I will find something to do thou. Will update soon xxx
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Monday
Yesterday I woke up early and got ready for my 9am lecture. urgh! Last week seemed to be going so well with the understanding lectures but this week it felt like it was back in the beginning with understanding nothing. I was also very tired. After the lecture I met up with Lucie and we went to find this office where they were selling ESN cards. ESN is erasmus student network and its an organisation that puts on fun things for erasmus students to do while they're at the new uni. There was going to be a film that evening that we wanted to see and you needed the card. It was shut (typically Italian) but there was another french girl there and we got chatting. Shes called Lynda and shes really pretty (*grumble grumble*). After that I went home, got something to eat and prepared for the next 4 hours of lectures :( They were really tough. The first hour is normally ok, after that my concentration really startes to wane. The first lecture went ok, and there was a break between the two. The second one however was really bad. The lecturer has such an accent that I can't understand him at all. The one saving grace however was that he put up loads of stuff on the powerpoint so I could copy from it. Thats alot more helpful than the other lecturerers, but to be honest, I need that help seeing as how bad I am at understanding him. He talked about archaeological theory, which i've already studied. After the lecture I went home and ate a bit and spoke to mum on skype. I arranged to meet up with Lucie and Lynda at a bar for drinks but then thought that it would be better if those two got to know each other first. I text Lucie telling her that, and que massive communciation breakdown. I thought she was upset with me, and anyway it all got sorted out and I did meet them and it was all fine. Then I went to bed
Weekend
Ok so this weekend I got up late both days. It was good to catch up on some sleep as i'm not used to going out lots.
Saturday I really did almost nothing until about half 5!! at that point I met up with Lydia and we went shopping for some knickers as she needed more and her washing machine wasn't working. It was a fairly sedate trip. After that we met up with Hannah and her Edinbrugh friend Lachie (pronounced lock-e) and we went for somewhere to eat. It was the festival day for Bologna's patron saint and so there was a classical music performance and other stuff going on in the main square. The music was fairly dull so we went to eat. I had a huge cheap pizza and it was great. Lydia had a seafood pasta dish, i hate seafood. After that we ran to catch the fireworks, which were the grand finale of all the events of the day but we just missed them. When there I met up with Lucie. I don't remember if we all went for a drink or not. hummm
Sunday again was another lie in! That day I got the bus to Hannah's but before that I needed to kill time so I went shopping. I felt very uninspired by everything and didn't buy anything. Alot of shops were shut anyway, it being Sunday. Then Hannah rang and said everyone had finished eating (Lydia had been invited over to Franceso's house for a meal with his family) so I waited for the bus. It took AGES! Eventually I got there and all was good. Francesco was there with his brother (along with the two girls) but he had to go v soon after. Lydia, Hannah, me and Francesco's brother Julio went to this park and had a chat about stuff. Mostly music as Julio plays drums and Hannah bass guitar. After that us girls went back to Hannah's and chatted about nothing much really. Me and Lydia took the bus back home and when we got to the city centre we both were going to get off and she got off then the doors closed and I got taken to the next stop!! luckily it wasn't too far away and I just went home. I remember having dinner here in the flat, as we had arranged before to have sushi in a restaurant near Hannah's but it was shut. I can't remember if we went out or not as we seem to have gone out everyday and they all kinda merge into one! It impedes my sleep, precious precious sleep.
right, thats all for this weekend. Now for Monday (yesterday)
Saturday I really did almost nothing until about half 5!! at that point I met up with Lydia and we went shopping for some knickers as she needed more and her washing machine wasn't working. It was a fairly sedate trip. After that we met up with Hannah and her Edinbrugh friend Lachie (pronounced lock-e) and we went for somewhere to eat. It was the festival day for Bologna's patron saint and so there was a classical music performance and other stuff going on in the main square. The music was fairly dull so we went to eat. I had a huge cheap pizza and it was great. Lydia had a seafood pasta dish, i hate seafood. After that we ran to catch the fireworks, which were the grand finale of all the events of the day but we just missed them. When there I met up with Lucie. I don't remember if we all went for a drink or not. hummm
Sunday again was another lie in! That day I got the bus to Hannah's but before that I needed to kill time so I went shopping. I felt very uninspired by everything and didn't buy anything. Alot of shops were shut anyway, it being Sunday. Then Hannah rang and said everyone had finished eating (Lydia had been invited over to Franceso's house for a meal with his family) so I waited for the bus. It took AGES! Eventually I got there and all was good. Francesco was there with his brother (along with the two girls) but he had to go v soon after. Lydia, Hannah, me and Francesco's brother Julio went to this park and had a chat about stuff. Mostly music as Julio plays drums and Hannah bass guitar. After that us girls went back to Hannah's and chatted about nothing much really. Me and Lydia took the bus back home and when we got to the city centre we both were going to get off and she got off then the doors closed and I got taken to the next stop!! luckily it wasn't too far away and I just went home. I remember having dinner here in the flat, as we had arranged before to have sushi in a restaurant near Hannah's but it was shut. I can't remember if we went out or not as we seem to have gone out everyday and they all kinda merge into one! It impedes my sleep, precious precious sleep.
right, thats all for this weekend. Now for Monday (yesterday)
Saturday, 4 October 2008
Friday
So yesterday... humm
I got up and went to the uni, as I needed to get my certificate of arrival signed and stamped here. After that we'd arranged yesterday to meet at the market at 12, so I wandered around and us 5 (yes, its now 5. we've expanded) all met up and went round the market. People didn't really buy anything, other that I got a pair of socks for a euro. That didn't take very long so then we went to this really swanky place that had really nice food for lunch. Most people had a pasta/salmon dish, Hannah had a wrap with ham and I had hot cooked peppers with sausage bits. It tasted really good, but was expensive.
After that everyone else went home but I went shopping in Co op for some food seeing as the cupboard here is bare. I got wraps, crisps, passata sause, orange juice, cereal, olive oil, ameretto, lettace, smoked salmon and stuff. Walking home was hot and sweaty, urgh. Worth it for the food thou. Then I chilled online for a while. At this point I was really hungry and I wasn't going to be eating until 8.30 so I had a wrap and some crisps.
At 8 we were going to go around to Hannah's for dinner so I met up with Lucie and we got the bus. It took a while to arrive though. When we got to where we thought Hannahs was we couldn't find it so we phoned. It took us over half an hour to finally sort out where she was, with much wandering along roads and panicy phone calls. We arrived a bit later than 9 I think. She'd made really nice food. We had cous cous with grilled aubergine and squash with a chicken breast. It was really good. Then for dessert we had sugary coconut buiscut/cake thing with magno (i think it was) on top. they had lashings of cream with it too. That was also really good. Hannahs flatmates and two friends were also there and they were chatting away. They asked me what I studied and all approved when I said archaeology. We also had a quick convo about my trowel (Hannah wanted to know what it was in Italian). Later on there was some food left and it was offered around and I was the only non Italian who had more and I got loud cheers of brava! for the Italians lol. I think they thought it was a bit weird that I wasn't drinking wine, but they didn't say anything. After we'd eaten the Italians went off to get ready for the night out and us lot stayed and chatted. During this time there were many loud girly shrieks from the other rooms, v funny. Not much happened after that, we got the bus and I went home.
Today, i've not done anything. Had cereal and thats about it he he. Its the festival of San Petrino today (i think hes Bologna's patron saint) so its a big festival and theres concerts and stuff going on in Piazza Maggorie this evening. We're going, and will blog about it later
I got up and went to the uni, as I needed to get my certificate of arrival signed and stamped here. After that we'd arranged yesterday to meet at the market at 12, so I wandered around and us 5 (yes, its now 5. we've expanded) all met up and went round the market. People didn't really buy anything, other that I got a pair of socks for a euro. That didn't take very long so then we went to this really swanky place that had really nice food for lunch. Most people had a pasta/salmon dish, Hannah had a wrap with ham and I had hot cooked peppers with sausage bits. It tasted really good, but was expensive.
After that everyone else went home but I went shopping in Co op for some food seeing as the cupboard here is bare. I got wraps, crisps, passata sause, orange juice, cereal, olive oil, ameretto, lettace, smoked salmon and stuff. Walking home was hot and sweaty, urgh. Worth it for the food thou. Then I chilled online for a while. At this point I was really hungry and I wasn't going to be eating until 8.30 so I had a wrap and some crisps.
At 8 we were going to go around to Hannah's for dinner so I met up with Lucie and we got the bus. It took a while to arrive though. When we got to where we thought Hannahs was we couldn't find it so we phoned. It took us over half an hour to finally sort out where she was, with much wandering along roads and panicy phone calls. We arrived a bit later than 9 I think. She'd made really nice food. We had cous cous with grilled aubergine and squash with a chicken breast. It was really good. Then for dessert we had sugary coconut buiscut/cake thing with magno (i think it was) on top. they had lashings of cream with it too. That was also really good. Hannahs flatmates and two friends were also there and they were chatting away. They asked me what I studied and all approved when I said archaeology. We also had a quick convo about my trowel (Hannah wanted to know what it was in Italian). Later on there was some food left and it was offered around and I was the only non Italian who had more and I got loud cheers of brava! for the Italians lol. I think they thought it was a bit weird that I wasn't drinking wine, but they didn't say anything. After we'd eaten the Italians went off to get ready for the night out and us lot stayed and chatted. During this time there were many loud girly shrieks from the other rooms, v funny. Not much happened after that, we got the bus and I went home.
Today, i've not done anything. Had cereal and thats about it he he. Its the festival of San Petrino today (i think hes Bologna's patron saint) so its a big festival and theres concerts and stuff going on in Piazza Maggorie this evening. We're going, and will blog about it later
Friday, 3 October 2008
Wednesday, Thursday and Today
Sorry, lacking on the blog front. At least I have proper encoded internet that actually works in my own room now. It got set up today and now theres a new washing machine as I type.
Right.. Wednesday. I got up really early cuz my timetable said I had a lecture but as I was waiting outside I double checked the times on a different sheet and realised it said tuesday morning not wednesday morning hence i'd missed it the morning before. Blame Hannah for telling me wrong (she told me the info and I wrote it down).
So I went home for a bit and felt a bit bored so I text this french girl that I'd met on Monday during the long registration to see if she wanted to meet up for lunch. So we did, and spent an hour and a half mainly talking French, which was cool. She left at half 2 so I chilled and went down to the faculty. There I bumped into Hannah and she was going to go to get a bike so we went to this second hand market random curiosity shop and got her this really cool red retro bike. It was a bit old and there were a few problems but she took it to a repair shop and its as good as new now. I don't remember what we did in the eveing, but we probably did something cuz we've been out alot. Not always late, but still out.
Yesterday I got up and went to my lecture. I had a bit of a nightmare trying to find the room, but I was helped by my Aussie friend. She was also completely lost like me. In the end we found this guy who said we couldn't take our bags down there and gave us keys for a locker. We were really confused because we were sure that it was just a normal computer room and that we wern't using computers alone. He was right though and we put our bags in the locker and went down into the basement, which was kinda cool. There was a table and people around it. Baring in mind it had taken us 15 minutes into the lecture time she had only just arrived herself so we didn't miss anything. It was about lots of things, including the chesia di San Stefano, which is just over the road from the building we were in. That was kinda cool. She also showed us slides of really cool Lombard stuff, and it all looked (well, the brooches and rings which is mostly what she was showing us) fairly similar to vikings. It was cool. After the lecture I had lunch with the Aussie girl, we chatted about travelling, her visas ect and it was all good.
Later, at 8 we had all arranged to meet to watch an Italian film at the cinema. We saw this film that was called the semen of discontent, which is funny. It wasn't at all a porn film though. It was about this woman who wants a baby but doesn't get on with her husband really and she thinks hes infertile so she checks out artifical insemination clinics. Then she gets attacked and raped and she goes around trying to find out who it was while this policeman guy stares at her and says he'll help her. Then she finds out shes pregnant and her husband gets a call saying hes infertile from tests he did so he gets really angry at her and leaves her. Eventually she finds out that the police guy raped her after she got attacked and she gets annoyed at him and after a while gets back with her husband. It was difficult to understand though.
After that we went to this really nice bar that we go to quite alot called bar lime. I'd been collected 2 for 1 drinks tokens and we had some nice cocktails. Hannah was really tired and went early but me, Lydia, my French friend Lucie and Lydias flatmate Christina who is scottish. We then went to this club near the bar and tried to talk to some guys but they kinds rejected us. We danced a bit then went home.
Damn, gotta go. will update about today tomorrow xx
Right.. Wednesday. I got up really early cuz my timetable said I had a lecture but as I was waiting outside I double checked the times on a different sheet and realised it said tuesday morning not wednesday morning hence i'd missed it the morning before. Blame Hannah for telling me wrong (she told me the info and I wrote it down).
So I went home for a bit and felt a bit bored so I text this french girl that I'd met on Monday during the long registration to see if she wanted to meet up for lunch. So we did, and spent an hour and a half mainly talking French, which was cool. She left at half 2 so I chilled and went down to the faculty. There I bumped into Hannah and she was going to go to get a bike so we went to this second hand market random curiosity shop and got her this really cool red retro bike. It was a bit old and there were a few problems but she took it to a repair shop and its as good as new now. I don't remember what we did in the eveing, but we probably did something cuz we've been out alot. Not always late, but still out.
Yesterday I got up and went to my lecture. I had a bit of a nightmare trying to find the room, but I was helped by my Aussie friend. She was also completely lost like me. In the end we found this guy who said we couldn't take our bags down there and gave us keys for a locker. We were really confused because we were sure that it was just a normal computer room and that we wern't using computers alone. He was right though and we put our bags in the locker and went down into the basement, which was kinda cool. There was a table and people around it. Baring in mind it had taken us 15 minutes into the lecture time she had only just arrived herself so we didn't miss anything. It was about lots of things, including the chesia di San Stefano, which is just over the road from the building we were in. That was kinda cool. She also showed us slides of really cool Lombard stuff, and it all looked (well, the brooches and rings which is mostly what she was showing us) fairly similar to vikings. It was cool. After the lecture I had lunch with the Aussie girl, we chatted about travelling, her visas ect and it was all good.
Later, at 8 we had all arranged to meet to watch an Italian film at the cinema. We saw this film that was called the semen of discontent, which is funny. It wasn't at all a porn film though. It was about this woman who wants a baby but doesn't get on with her husband really and she thinks hes infertile so she checks out artifical insemination clinics. Then she gets attacked and raped and she goes around trying to find out who it was while this policeman guy stares at her and says he'll help her. Then she finds out shes pregnant and her husband gets a call saying hes infertile from tests he did so he gets really angry at her and leaves her. Eventually she finds out that the police guy raped her after she got attacked and she gets annoyed at him and after a while gets back with her husband. It was difficult to understand though.
After that we went to this really nice bar that we go to quite alot called bar lime. I'd been collected 2 for 1 drinks tokens and we had some nice cocktails. Hannah was really tired and went early but me, Lydia, my French friend Lucie and Lydias flatmate Christina who is scottish. We then went to this club near the bar and tried to talk to some guys but they kinds rejected us. We danced a bit then went home.
Damn, gotta go. will update about today tomorrow xx
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