great news...
im not sunburned!! im a little pink but thats okay with me. the tan is starting and my hair is getting blonde. its so exciting for me. jess and i decided to skip improv today to visit the market in rosignano. i was very dissapointed. it was just 1000 stands of the same cheap clothes over and over. i bought my mama a present though so i guess it was worth it. i am done with grocery stores. i think i have gotten enough at this point to last me the rest of my trip. the girl at the conad...grocery store... actually knows us now. we found the best gelato place. weve sampled a lot too. ice palace on the piazza is best. for 2.50 i get three heaping flavors. yesterday i got fragola (strawberry), limone (lemon) and ananas (pineapple) it was SOOOOOO good!!! i will miss gelato when i get home. hip hop is getting better. at least i really like the teahcer. my only complaint with this program is that they dont give enough individualized corrections. i mean ive gotten some, but not as many as id hoped. im going to bed
notte notte
that means night night in italian
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
july 20, 2008
laying by the sea on the perfect sunbathing rock... this is the life... .i wish i could stay here forever....
siena was gorgeous yesterday. it was a very rushed trip though. we took a later train than we had orginially planned on. then we missed our stop on the bus so we had to stay on for the whole loop. i wasnt at all excited about the idea of riding on a bus. once we got to our stop, we ate a good lunch, and then found the tourist stops, the duomo, il campo... jess and i went inside the cathedral. it was breathtaking. i think it has moved up as my favorite. it is so ornate. i was really, really, upset to see that michelangelos moses was under recontruction so i couldnt see it. ive become a big fan of his on this trip. i loved siena. i would like to visit again when i have more time. i think i it would be spectacular at night. our train ride home was so long!! we had to make a connection in montepescali, which let us see a new place at least. when we got home i was so tired i ate some cereal and went to bed at 930. we have been on the beach all day!! I wore spf 50 this time!! Hopefully it wont be like last time.
siena was gorgeous yesterday. it was a very rushed trip though. we took a later train than we had orginially planned on. then we missed our stop on the bus so we had to stay on for the whole loop. i wasnt at all excited about the idea of riding on a bus. once we got to our stop, we ate a good lunch, and then found the tourist stops, the duomo, il campo... jess and i went inside the cathedral. it was breathtaking. i think it has moved up as my favorite. it is so ornate. i was really, really, upset to see that michelangelos moses was under recontruction so i couldnt see it. ive become a big fan of his on this trip. i loved siena. i would like to visit again when i have more time. i think i it would be spectacular at night. our train ride home was so long!! we had to make a connection in montepescali, which let us see a new place at least. when we got home i was so tired i ate some cereal and went to bed at 930. we have been on the beach all day!! I wore spf 50 this time!! Hopefully it wont be like last time.
i havent written in three days. ive actually been pretty sick. i feel like i have bronchitis. i never get sick this much at home. it figures i would come to italy and be sick the whole time. i went to class yesterday morning but i left because i couldnt breathe. i slept all day. i went to two pharmacies and they were both closed for siesta. i went back later in the day and got some cough syrup. david wrote down what i needed. it made me feel better.
were on the train going to siena now. im excited because ive heard its a beautiful town. i really hated having to miss jaysons birthday. i woke up at 600 am to tell him happy birthday at midnight there. it made me happy to know he waited up for me to call. last night we had a garden party. it was so much fun. all the dancers were there. everyone brought a dish and a bottle of wine and we ate ourside on our terrace. jessica and i made a nutella cake. it was a hit! everyone love it so much. it was pretty funny... we didnt have a plate to put the cake in so we put it in a frying pan. i took lots of pictures. it was a very fun night. i think it is something i will always remember. i cant believe i lone have one week left here ... well basically. time has flown by. ive been having a hard time with my money issues. i dont know how i cuold do it if i had not worked two jobs. i still have a lot of people to buy things for. i mostly know what i want to get them but i havent found them yet. hopefully i will today.
were on the train going to siena now. im excited because ive heard its a beautiful town. i really hated having to miss jaysons birthday. i woke up at 600 am to tell him happy birthday at midnight there. it made me happy to know he waited up for me to call. last night we had a garden party. it was so much fun. all the dancers were there. everyone brought a dish and a bottle of wine and we ate ourside on our terrace. jessica and i made a nutella cake. it was a hit! everyone love it so much. it was pretty funny... we didnt have a plate to put the cake in so we put it in a frying pan. i took lots of pictures. it was a very fun night. i think it is something i will always remember. i cant believe i lone have one week left here ... well basically. time has flown by. ive been having a hard time with my money issues. i dont know how i cuold do it if i had not worked two jobs. i still have a lot of people to buy things for. i mostly know what i want to get them but i havent found them yet. hopefully i will today.
july 16, 2008
wow! first day of hip hop. it is so frustrating! i dont know how i feel about popping and locking. i think it may be one of those thigns that you cant really learn in class. it jsut gets frustrating... its such a small movement. so its bothersome when you cant do it. im annoyed, but im not embarassed with how i did. i cant wait for him to get to new school moves. hes like white boy thug... haha
july 15, 2008
today was the last day of jazz and kathak (indian) thats a bittersweet thing for me. im excited about takign hip hop and ballet for modern dancers but i will miss jazz and kathak. a lot of poeple were rude during kathak, because its not as dancey as what were used to , but i made sure i didnt give off that annoyed vibe. i just think its disrespectful. i always tell myself that no matter how bad a class may be, it could be the one bit of information that sets me a part in the future. you never know. tonight was my first failed attempt to prepare a descent meal. it was terrible. it was just rice, but i forgot about it and it burned. ooppsie. im actually getting pretty tan, for the first time since high school. my goal was to go home tanned an skinny, but the food is so good here and i cant resist the gelato. last night i had two very strange flavors... ricotta and pine nuts. it was awful but i had to try it .
july 14, 2008
jaysons birthday is in three days !! I wish i could said "happy birthday" in person!!! today was a good day. i was tired this morning, but luckily we had a guest teacher who took it very easy on us. we would up not having floorjes rehearsal, but we had amys... which was all mixed up... im sad that tomorrow is bob and aratis last day. wednesday we will be starting with danah bella and moreno mostardo. danah is actually staying in our room for a few days. she arrived early, so she will be with us until her room is ready.
i cant believe ive made it two weeks without any alone time. i think im almost at my breakign point though, so i will probably be venturing our on my own tomorrow. i wrote a post card for my mama and papa and realized i mailed one the other day without an address, which makes me really said, because it was very pretty and i know it would have meant a lot to them!! ill hope by some miracle it gets to them.
i cant believe ive made it two weeks without any alone time. i think im almost at my breakign point though, so i will probably be venturing our on my own tomorrow. i wrote a post card for my mama and papa and realized i mailed one the other day without an address, which makes me really said, because it was very pretty and i know it would have meant a lot to them!! ill hope by some miracle it gets to them.
july 13 2008
im on the train... unfortunately leaving florence. i had almsot given up my desire to move to italy, but florence revived my love for this country. i splurged. i bought a pair of mother of pearl cameo earrings. i have planned, all along, to buy myself one or two nice pieces of jewelry rather than a bunch of clothing. i actually resisted the urge to buy clothes. well i did buy myself two tshirts and one for madison... im ready to be able to get back to the kitchen actually. ive enjoyed cooking and it helps me relax knowing i wont hav to whip out my wallet at the end of the meal. i was sad that we didnt get the chance to visit the duomo museum. i would love to see one of the pieta... but i know i will be in florence again at some point. we did visit the uffizi. outside there was a thundestorm but we were cool and dry. it actually gave the museum a sort of creepy feel, and especially the rooms that only rely on natural lighting from the windows. i really cant wait to go to sleep tonight. my legs and feet are tired and stiff from walking so much. class should be fun in the morning =)
july 12, 2008
were in florence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we took at 700 am train. i was nervous we were gonna miss it, but it was running late. we fell asleep on the train and woke up to the attendant fussing about our feet in the seat. im pretty much the group tour guide. i find it amazing that a person can go years without seeing a place, think theyve mostly forgotten it and then remember all of it as soon as they get back to that place. it didnt take long for me to remember why i chose it as my favorite spot. it is so incredible. it is so romantic and just makes me stand in awe of so many things.
we walked a lot today. my feet are killing me ! we made reservations at the uffizi and then meandered to the opposite side of town for a look at michelangelos DAVID. i cant believe i never visited that museum before. sculptures are my favorite fine art. the david is situated so that when wandering through the museum, your turn a corner without expecting it and then WHAM the most incredible chunk of man/marble is standing in front of you. it literraly took my breath away.... so huge and so human. and i know its a statue, but its a sexy statue. his body is rockin. while i sat on the bench... admiring the "backside" i wondered about michelangelo. was he handsome, striking like this perfect man he created??were his eyes as intense as davids gaze as he chizzled him out of that huge chunk of marble?? i dont know .... too much deep thought for me.. but i want to know more about michelangelo.
our room is also a major highlight for this trip. initially, it was a sore spotfor me. we got a huge big expensive room... reserved with my credit card.... we thought there would be four of us splitting the room. well we didnt have four. but in the end it was so worth the money. it was gorgeous and huge. it was an old palace made into villas and jess and i were in the suite. wood beam ceilings, antique furniture, a huge bed, great view of the bargello, flat screen with english mtc( we watch 2 a days) air conditioner. the best perk was breakfast. ive had "included breakfast" before . it was a hard roll or cereal w water or coffee. this was big soft croissants, many types of cereal, rolls, cookies, fruit, yogurt, milk, american coffee, juice, water. our table had beautiful flowers, linens, and mini jars of honey, jam and nutella. the staff was amazing... so nice. i wish my mom and dad could see it.
we ate dinner on the piazza ... i had beef slice... which thankfully,,, was with my assumption... a steak. while we were eating outside some local/english musicians were giving a free concert. at one point i heard him end a song with "if im up and gone to carolina in my mind..:"i only heard the end because a man was playing the accordion next to us. so after dinner, we walked over and sat front row on the steps of the uffizi to hear them. i put a dollar in his guitar case and requested carolina on my mind.... well jess did it for me.
it made me day to hear him sing "cant you see the sunshine, cant you just feel the moonshine"---- it was a perfect night. so far... it was my most beautiful night in italy.
we walked a lot today. my feet are killing me ! we made reservations at the uffizi and then meandered to the opposite side of town for a look at michelangelos DAVID. i cant believe i never visited that museum before. sculptures are my favorite fine art. the david is situated so that when wandering through the museum, your turn a corner without expecting it and then WHAM the most incredible chunk of man/marble is standing in front of you. it literraly took my breath away.... so huge and so human. and i know its a statue, but its a sexy statue. his body is rockin. while i sat on the bench... admiring the "backside" i wondered about michelangelo. was he handsome, striking like this perfect man he created??were his eyes as intense as davids gaze as he chizzled him out of that huge chunk of marble?? i dont know .... too much deep thought for me.. but i want to know more about michelangelo.
our room is also a major highlight for this trip. initially, it was a sore spotfor me. we got a huge big expensive room... reserved with my credit card.... we thought there would be four of us splitting the room. well we didnt have four. but in the end it was so worth the money. it was gorgeous and huge. it was an old palace made into villas and jess and i were in the suite. wood beam ceilings, antique furniture, a huge bed, great view of the bargello, flat screen with english mtc( we watch 2 a days) air conditioner. the best perk was breakfast. ive had "included breakfast" before . it was a hard roll or cereal w water or coffee. this was big soft croissants, many types of cereal, rolls, cookies, fruit, yogurt, milk, american coffee, juice, water. our table had beautiful flowers, linens, and mini jars of honey, jam and nutella. the staff was amazing... so nice. i wish my mom and dad could see it.
we ate dinner on the piazza ... i had beef slice... which thankfully,,, was with my assumption... a steak. while we were eating outside some local/english musicians were giving a free concert. at one point i heard him end a song with "if im up and gone to carolina in my mind..:"i only heard the end because a man was playing the accordion next to us. so after dinner, we walked over and sat front row on the steps of the uffizi to hear them. i put a dollar in his guitar case and requested carolina on my mind.... well jess did it for me.
it made me day to hear him sing "cant you see the sunshine, cant you just feel the moonshine"---- it was a perfect night. so far... it was my most beautiful night in italy.
july 11, 2008
i waded in the mediterranean today!!!!! well actualy it was the ligurian or tyrrenhian, but theyre all connected and medditerranena sounds better. we were laying out and it was so hot, so we decided to try the water. it was chilly but refreshing. sarah and i ate dinner at ghostbuster, a local pizzaria. and it was amazing... the best ive had so far
july 10, 2008
just took a nap before floorjes rehearsal. when i have a lunch time rehearsali pack my lunch. today i had a ham and cheese, granola bar and nectarine. the fruit here is amazing. my sunburn is finally fading and now im starting to look really tan ! YAY!the first time since high school. floorjes calling now...
so i just got off the phone with jayson... he is moving out and i got really really sad talking to him. when i get home he wont live at 1826 kellytown rd anymore. =( then he made it so much worse by telling me that my mom and mama got emotional at lunch. was he trying to make me cry too?? well it worked. so then i called to madison-mama and madison wouldnt even talk to me. she was being very stubbonr.
i just want to bring up an issue wehn i find truly disturbing. saturday night, jessica and i, after sitting in the room watching italian game shows decided to see what castiglioncello night life is like. i was so disturbed, upon reaching the piazza to find hoards at 1130 pm to find hoards of babystrollers. when we left the downtown at 100 am at least thrity percent of the people were still pushing strollers. do people over here honestly keep their babies and infants our that late??i was in shock. i mean my dad took me to the bar once when i was little and his friends still talk about it all the time. here i felt like i was at a baby stroller showcase.
so thats my random thought for tangent for the day. dont worry theres more where that came from.
so i just got off the phone with jayson... he is moving out and i got really really sad talking to him. when i get home he wont live at 1826 kellytown rd anymore. =( then he made it so much worse by telling me that my mom and mama got emotional at lunch. was he trying to make me cry too?? well it worked. so then i called to madison-mama and madison wouldnt even talk to me. she was being very stubbonr.
i just want to bring up an issue wehn i find truly disturbing. saturday night, jessica and i, after sitting in the room watching italian game shows decided to see what castiglioncello night life is like. i was so disturbed, upon reaching the piazza to find hoards at 1130 pm to find hoards of babystrollers. when we left the downtown at 100 am at least thrity percent of the people were still pushing strollers. do people over here honestly keep their babies and infants our that late??i was in shock. i mean my dad took me to the bar once when i was little and his friends still talk about it all the time. here i felt like i was at a baby stroller showcase.
so thats my random thought for tangent for the day. dont worry theres more where that came from.
July 9, 2008
My brother turned 24 today! I just got off the phone with him. He told me madison asks for me and it made me so sad. i know she will grow up so much over the short time that im gone.
todays classes were good. we started getting formation for our jazz dance, which is very west side storyish. we got out early tonight, so we decided to find the wifi spot. our room mate has a laptop. it was really fun, imagine three americans sitting beside the main road crouched around a computer. i cooked cheese quesadillas and green beans for dinner... yummy! i checked my bank account today. it made me feel sick. the conversion is killing me. ive only bought myself one thing so far... a dress at the market. and i hope to get more, and good presents for my family, but at this rate, im only going to be able to eat. im pooped so im calling it a day... more to come...
todays classes were good. we started getting formation for our jazz dance, which is very west side storyish. we got out early tonight, so we decided to find the wifi spot. our room mate has a laptop. it was really fun, imagine three americans sitting beside the main road crouched around a computer. i cooked cheese quesadillas and green beans for dinner... yummy! i checked my bank account today. it made me feel sick. the conversion is killing me. ive only bought myself one thing so far... a dress at the market. and i hope to get more, and good presents for my family, but at this rate, im only going to be able to eat. im pooped so im calling it a day... more to come...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
july 8, 2008
i woke up today with a sore throat and my back felt almost raw. i debated staying in bed, but i decided to go anyway. when the teacher started the class on the back... i moved to the side to watch. i couldnt stand to touch my back so i just had to go undo everything on my back and lay on my tummy... i took notes in class though. i eventually just went back to the room for a small nap. i didnt get much sleep because i got inspired for my thesis while i was listening to my ipod. i felt so much better when i woke up. i think i was probably just underrested. i tried to walk back to class along the boardwalk but it was actually flooded from waves being so huge... enormous. im listening to them now.. its night time. i saw a show at castelo pasquini last night. it was a minimalist piece.... not exactly my style, but it was interesting. im glad i went. the performance spaces in europe are so cool. ive been watching italian tv. but more about that in my next entry. its time for bed. im hoping this whole vinegar on the back thing helps... (my mom said it takes out the burn) i mean i used balasamic but if plain vinegar works, balsamic should at least help a little. ... hopefully.... ill try anything at this point... miss yall
i woke up today with a sore throat and my back felt almost raw. i debated staying in bed, but i decided to go anyway. when the teacher started the class on the back... i moved to the side to watch. i couldnt stand to touch my back so i just had to go undo everything on my back and lay on my tummy... i took notes in class though. i eventually just went back to the room for a small nap. i didnt get much sleep because i got inspired for my thesis while i was listening to my ipod. i felt so much better when i woke up. i think i was probably just underrested. i tried to walk back to class along the boardwalk but it was actually flooded from waves being so huge... enormous. im listening to them now.. its night time. i saw a show at castelo pasquini last night. it was a minimalist piece.... not exactly my style, but it was interesting. im glad i went. the performance spaces in europe are so cool. ive been watching italian tv. but more about that in my next entry. its time for bed. im hoping this whole vinegar on the back thing helps... (my mom said it takes out the burn) i mean i used balasamic but if plain vinegar works, balsamic should at least help a little. ... hopefully.... ill try anything at this point... miss yall
july 7, 2008
its been a few days since i wrote, but ive been either too busy or too tired. i have been cast in two pieces so far and one other(the jazz) which everyone is in. i am in a piece choreographed by a girl from holland named Floorje. So far I like it a lot. we ve only had one reahearsal. rehearsals are 2 and a half hours long. i start tonight with amy chavasse. she is a prof at university of michigan. it should be really challenging. she does a lot of upside down floor work, which is probably my weakness in modern.
im really sunburned which is terrible. i cant do anything lying on my back. i fell asleep on my stomach yesterday. jess and i found the perfect spot to lay out. it was so beautiful. we walked until the boarwalk ran out and then we followed a narrow stone walkway then eventually climbed over some big rocks a bunch of them... to the top where we were lying right next to the turquoise blue sea. it was actually a wonderful day. we relaxed by the beach, when i could tell i was burning we left. we went to dinner with out roommate sarah, from TN. we splurged a little. i had lasagna (so amazing) grilled vegetables and pear pie. the pie was sorta gross but the rest made up for it.
its been a few days since i wrote, but ive been either too busy or too tired. i have been cast in two pieces so far and one other(the jazz) which everyone is in. i am in a piece choreographed by a girl from holland named Floorje. So far I like it a lot. we ve only had one reahearsal. rehearsals are 2 and a half hours long. i start tonight with amy chavasse. she is a prof at university of michigan. it should be really challenging. she does a lot of upside down floor work, which is probably my weakness in modern.
im really sunburned which is terrible. i cant do anything lying on my back. i fell asleep on my stomach yesterday. jess and i found the perfect spot to lay out. it was so beautiful. we walked until the boarwalk ran out and then we followed a narrow stone walkway then eventually climbed over some big rocks a bunch of them... to the top where we were lying right next to the turquoise blue sea. it was actually a wonderful day. we relaxed by the beach, when i could tell i was burning we left. we went to dinner with out roommate sarah, from TN. we splurged a little. i had lasagna (so amazing) grilled vegetables and pear pie. the pie was sorta gross but the rest made up for it.
July 2, 2008
Well we made it here, safe and sound. after pulling 100 lbs. (literally) of luggage through the hottest airports and train stations in europe, almost missing our connecting flight in potugal, and being driven to our apartment in a car that almost wouldnt hold all our luggage, we arrived in castiglioncello and wow is it beautiful!!!!! It is so much more than I even expected. I think I could totally live here. I was upset to find out that we wouldnt be staying at 24 Boldini. Jackie told me how beautiful it was. Well not to say that place isnt gorgeous because i havent been there, but apartment #2 on Via Pisa is absolutely wonderful!!! we have an amazing view of the beach, were a 30 second walk from it... were in the downtown area, we have a t.v. with a dvd player, and we have air conditioning. we also have a shady terrace with table and chairs that would be perfect for lunch or relaxing moment. i mean who could ask for more. right? im so glad im here.
the actual bedroom is small, we had to open our suitcases in the hall to unpack, but when it comes down to it... thats just where we sleep. it really looks cute though. i brought pics from home and theyre taped to the wall and frames are on my nightstand with a tyler candle... =)
today we met at the dance studio at 900 am the only complaint i have with out aparment is that its a good hike to the studio... we started out with an introduction from pola, who didnt look anything like i imagined her to be. i expected a woman who danced her whole life and spends her summers in italy to be tall, dark hair, still move with ease and grace, elegance... no... she is short, but vert beautiful, sort of limps.... and haha she reminds me of mama because she says whatever pops in her mind... she seems pretty eccentric which i really like she has beautiful eyes that remind me of elizabeth taylors... i dont know why really.
i took class from David capps, amy chavasse, bob boross, and irati_____? my favorite was jazz with bob. his style is so old school. everyone sweats a lot in dance because it is so hot. were in a gym with an assembled floor covered in marley.
Well we made it here, safe and sound. after pulling 100 lbs. (literally) of luggage through the hottest airports and train stations in europe, almost missing our connecting flight in potugal, and being driven to our apartment in a car that almost wouldnt hold all our luggage, we arrived in castiglioncello and wow is it beautiful!!!!! It is so much more than I even expected. I think I could totally live here. I was upset to find out that we wouldnt be staying at 24 Boldini. Jackie told me how beautiful it was. Well not to say that place isnt gorgeous because i havent been there, but apartment #2 on Via Pisa is absolutely wonderful!!! we have an amazing view of the beach, were a 30 second walk from it... were in the downtown area, we have a t.v. with a dvd player, and we have air conditioning. we also have a shady terrace with table and chairs that would be perfect for lunch or relaxing moment. i mean who could ask for more. right? im so glad im here.
the actual bedroom is small, we had to open our suitcases in the hall to unpack, but when it comes down to it... thats just where we sleep. it really looks cute though. i brought pics from home and theyre taped to the wall and frames are on my nightstand with a tyler candle... =)
today we met at the dance studio at 900 am the only complaint i have with out aparment is that its a good hike to the studio... we started out with an introduction from pola, who didnt look anything like i imagined her to be. i expected a woman who danced her whole life and spends her summers in italy to be tall, dark hair, still move with ease and grace, elegance... no... she is short, but vert beautiful, sort of limps.... and haha she reminds me of mama because she says whatever pops in her mind... she seems pretty eccentric which i really like she has beautiful eyes that remind me of elizabeth taylors... i dont know why really.
i took class from David capps, amy chavasse, bob boross, and irati_____? my favorite was jazz with bob. his style is so old school. everyone sweats a lot in dance because it is so hot. were in a gym with an assembled floor covered in marley.
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