As I end up my second week in Italy I’m amazed by the entire lovely issues I’ve seen. I took a while this week to lastly get adjusted to residing in an enormous metropolis and seeing what Milan has to supply.
I did enterprise to the Duomo in Milan which is without doubt one of the most unbelievable issues I’ve ever seen. I did handle to take the metro there alone which was positively a worry of mine earlier than I obtained right here. The duomo has lovely totally different statues all alongside the skin and I’ve heard there are a lot of extra inside. There’s a statue of Vittorio Emanuele the second who was the king at one level and was the primary king to unite Italy (or at the least that’s what an indication outdoors the duomo stated) I used to be not capable of go inside simply because there have been many vacationers visiting that day.
This week I additionally took a brief journey to Lake Como with a few of my associates. Which was lovely. The homes constructed into the aspect of the mountains overlooking the lake merely seemed like a dream dwelling. The clouds match into the sky completely as in the event that they have been a cartoon and every thing was becoming within the correct place. There have been many small retailers, eating places, gelato retailers and lots of extra little issues to see. We didn’t take a ship tour simply due to a scarcity of planning forward of time. Sooner or later I do hope to return and take a ship to bellagio or one of many different elements of lake como. The lake appeared so massive it felt like I used to be searching to the seaside.
I accomplished my first week of an Italian language course which is so much more durable than I anticipated. The category may be very useful. I do discover I’ve been capable of get round barely higher as a result of I can perceive necessary phrases right here and there. I can now order a restaurant or say excuse me on the metro that are just some fundamentals I didn’t know when arriving. Nonetheless, in no way would I say sure I do know the language or I can perceive it. My vocabulary consists of the phrases “Good day” “Goodbye” “How are you” “Might I please have” “Thanks” and the phrase “snail” (I do not know why thats the one different phrase I used to be capable of retain lol). The educating model in Italy may be very totally different than at faculties in the USA. In Europe it’s essential to ask permission earlier than leaving the classroom, it is usually extraordinarily unusual to see a pupil on their cellphone in school. It’s doable that I’m simply surrounded by extremely motivated folks however it is rather totally different from a classroom in the USA.
Listed here are some footage of different issues I’ve been as much as this previous week!
Ciao!
Gianna
