Learning how to ride the city bus

            Today at school I got my final schedule, and establish what "liceu" I'm doing : "Liceu di Scienze Umane". The classes are great, I specially love psychology, philosophy and law (who would have thought that they would have  law classes in high school).

          The first two days of school my host mom took me and picked me up. Tomorrow thought I'm riding the city bus to school, so in the afternoon my host sister took me to the bus stop and we did kind of a test. We both rode the bus to my school so she could show me what I'm suppose to do. I think I got it, hopefully I'm not going to end up in Austria.

               

First day of school

Today was my first day of school at Scoula S.Giovanna D'arco (29^th). I have to say I was really nervous, because in my last exchange experience the first few days of school were kinda hard. I had no idea what to expect from my new school. I was gladly surprise to know that everyone knew I was coming; they were extremely nice and welcoming! I was really comfortable there, It was great!  The classes I had today were: Italian, psychology, philosophy and English.  Italian is becoming so much easier mostly to understand. Speaking still kind of hard because I don’t have a really vast vocabulary, but I can tell I’ve been improving in the last days, and also my host family had noticed it. I’m hoping I’ll be able to talk more easily soon. Also today I had a bit of a culture shock, students in Italy get up their sits every time a teacher or the principle walks in the classroom. In the first class I didn’t get up, I had no idea what was happening, it was kind of (really) awkward. But after all everything was great, I’m looking forward to go to school tomorrow! (I never really thought I would say that)

First days

On Sunday the 27^th, a few of my host sister’s friends came over to watch a soccer game, after that we went to this really nice place called taverna, where I met a few more of my host sister’s friends, it was really fun! On  Monday  and Tuesday I went with my host sister to her school, because mine didn’t start till Wednesday.

Well I’ve been dancing since I can remember, and I didn’t wanted to stop while I was here. As soon as I arrived here my host mom already said “We are going to take you see some dance studios around” and it made me suuuuper happy. So on Tuesday night (28^th) I had my first dance lesson at K&S Dance, the school was really nice and I liked the class I might start doing classes there, but before I want to check some other places out, but having dance class was great. Knowing that my host family are worried about the thing that I like is so comforting, they really make me fell at home!

Meeting my host family

The 26^th was the day that we all were going to met are host family. We were so nervous to met them and scared that we wouldn’t be able to talk to are families at all. We got up very early to go to the train station. My train was the first to leave. It was sad leaving everyone but I was excited, yet scared, to meet my host family. I was with another girl that was going to the same region as me, it was good having her there because we had the same fears and we were able to help each other. After 3 hours we had arrived at “Venizia Mestre” station. Seeing my host sister and my host mom for the first time was such a great felling, they were SUPER nice! It turn out my Italian was not that bad, like they were saying I was “bravíssima”. Walking in my “new home” was great, the house and the view were beautiful! I got to meet my host little brother and my host dad, both super nice as well!! I LOVED my host family right away! After having lunch, two of my sister’s friends came over, I met them and we went to the center of the town where I met another one of my sister’s friends, also extremely nice. For dinner we had this amazing pizza. My first day could not have been better! 

Last day of orientation

The 25^th  was the most fun of all the days in orientation. We got to walk around Rome the whole day! First we went to the Coliseum with a guide, and was quite interesting. After, the guide took us to this gelato place, it had more than 150 flavors, it was just amazing.  We all got are gelatos and went to the Fontana di Trevi, which is my favorite place in Roma, even though it was not my first time there, it always feels special somehow. Then we got to go to the Spanish steps, there we were given free time to shop and walk around. A friend and me went shopping for a bit, then got coffee and sat in the Spanish steps just talking and admiring Roma. By the end of the day everyone got a little emotional, because we would all miss each other and also everyone was scared to meet their host families. At orientation I made so many friends, and everyone was really nice, it was sad having to leave.

First walk through Roma

       In the 23^rd we had an orientation section in the morning and after lunch  we got to actually see Rome. First we went to the Vatican, and from there we took a tour bus. We got to see al the touristic spots in Roma. Even though it was quite cold up there, it was a great way to see Roma. After all we got a little bit of free time to walk around.