Perugia
Today, we went on a school trip to Perugia, which is the capital of the region Umbria and is two hours away from Viterbo. The goal of...
What an Unusual Day
Today was unordinary, in a very good way. First of all, my mom and I were trapped inside our house for 20 minutes in the morning because...
Observations Sunday #9
1) I was scrolling through my camera roll and then all the sudden, I realized that there was not a lot of new photos that I had taken...
Professoressa!
Recently, a group of SYA students (including myself) ended up talking about how we want to study Italian more intensely than what the...
Little Goes a Long Way
I wonder if my friends are fed up with me complaining about my host brother Andrea. Well, if that is the case, good news for them: Andrea...
Terrorism
I tried to avoid talking about this, but because it is affecting my experience so much right now, it seems appropriate to do so. Sure,...
Observations Sunday #8
1) One of the first things our program director told us is that the concept of privacy is almost nonexistent in Italian culture. I don't...
Cinque Giorni: Quinto/Ultimo
Today, I learned nothing during school. That is because today was the monthly student assembly (that took up 2.5 hrs, which is half the...
Cinque Giorni: Quarto
I was rather distressed today. Perhaps it has to do with what happened at school. The day started off just fine. The math teacher told me...
Cinque Giorni: Terzo
The class started at 8:20 today. Although school officially starts at 8:00, no one is in the classroom by then, not even the teachers. So...
