6/27/08
Friday… aww Friday. 9am art, got to love it. Dan had another exercise for us this morning…but this time it was optional. I choose to begin working on my project instead. I was surprised by the work I began to produce, some good some bad. The tricky thing about this last assignment is while we only had to do two pieces I feel that I should be putting a lot of time and effort into them- that they should be something grand. Aww well we’ll see what I end up producing. I worked till about 11 then headed into town to search over the Friday morning market. Its funny how I know could tell you the layout of the market vendors. Between the clothes, shoes, fruit, meat, cheese and supplies I could probably tell you exactly were to go to get what you needed. Ha-ha. I didn’t buy anything but some bananas, umm…back at school I went back to work until our fantastic lunch of Pizza, salad and a mix fruit cup…ummmmm. Hehe. After lunch I went back to the studio (I had a very productive day) till about 330, when I my group met with Ann for more project discussion. Work, work, work. Once done with that Sonya (our TA) and I decided to head to the local pool. She’s been several times and has discovered you only have to pay 2 euro for an hour, which is a deal compared to the other prices. Plus an hour was all we needed. The pool was huge, lots of people and kind of resembled a theme park. I think it was the multicolored umbrellas and swim caps everywhere that gave me that feel. After a lap or two and some sun bathing we headed back and now were all in the courtyard drawing, typing and passing time till dinner. After dinner tonight is the first official ping pong tournament- hehe. Tonight is the singles competition, and then the couples are next week sometime. I have not decided to partake but will be on the sidelines cheering everyone on.
I have decided not to go with the little group that’s traveling this weekend. Its 4 of the girls and they are going to Checque Terra. While this sounds fun, they are leaving on a 420am train and wont get in till around 10am. Then spend the day and night and head home on Sunday in time for 730 dinner. For me this just seemed like too much travel time and not enough site seeing time. Its supposed to be a beautiful place, near the coast and lots to see and hike. It’s definitely a place I want to go just when I can really soak it up. For instance Ann and Dan went here for the long weekend…just want more time there. So there’s a chance the rest of us will go to either to Orveato or the Lake…then back here Sunday for more work.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
THursday :)
6/26/08
Today was a very strange day…It began with an art class in which we did community drawings. Something that was supposed to help us loosen up, try different drawing techniques and not care about the marks on the page. It was suppose to be an easy, fun activity…but it was quite hard today. We all did it but I took awhile before I was able to relax and enjoy creating and adding to a page. SO I guess in the end it worked, as it was suppose to. Next we had about an hour and half to begin working on our next assignment. Oh yes, I forgot to tell you Dan wasted no time in telling us our final/ next assignment. 2 final drawings of a memory or moment we’ve had this trip, both drawing have to be over the same memory just displayed in different ways. And they are due next Tuesday night for our final show on Wednesday. I actually got a few things done, surprisingly and then lunchtime finally came around. After lunch I did a little research on my art history final project, which turned into a little afternoon catnap in the heat of our little room. Ugh…the heat with no AC is really becoming a pain. After I woke up we had a little group meeting in courtyard to talk about our art history project, Alicia, Kayla and I. And then a group of us began a discussion about art that lasted through dinner and back into the courtyard again. Normally I would have loved this conversation but I ended up sitting in between to people who held very opposite views at dinner- lets just say it was a long dinner in which I didn’t say much. After dinner though, I took a deep breathe joined the conversation and then grabbed gelato. Needless to say I was a happy girl then. I returned to Santa Chiara and decided to forego watching the soccer game and decided to watch Mulan Rouge instead. I began this entry saying it was a strange day and by that I meant we as a group kind of just staggered around today. I think it was a low day, after the hype of the winery and the day in Florence, we as a group were quite, tired and not as enthusiastic as we normally are. O well we’re all entitled to an off day…
Ciao
Today was a very strange day…It began with an art class in which we did community drawings. Something that was supposed to help us loosen up, try different drawing techniques and not care about the marks on the page. It was suppose to be an easy, fun activity…but it was quite hard today. We all did it but I took awhile before I was able to relax and enjoy creating and adding to a page. SO I guess in the end it worked, as it was suppose to. Next we had about an hour and half to begin working on our next assignment. Oh yes, I forgot to tell you Dan wasted no time in telling us our final/ next assignment. 2 final drawings of a memory or moment we’ve had this trip, both drawing have to be over the same memory just displayed in different ways. And they are due next Tuesday night for our final show on Wednesday. I actually got a few things done, surprisingly and then lunchtime finally came around. After lunch I did a little research on my art history final project, which turned into a little afternoon catnap in the heat of our little room. Ugh…the heat with no AC is really becoming a pain. After I woke up we had a little group meeting in courtyard to talk about our art history project, Alicia, Kayla and I. And then a group of us began a discussion about art that lasted through dinner and back into the courtyard again. Normally I would have loved this conversation but I ended up sitting in between to people who held very opposite views at dinner- lets just say it was a long dinner in which I didn’t say much. After dinner though, I took a deep breathe joined the conversation and then grabbed gelato. Needless to say I was a happy girl then. I returned to Santa Chiara and decided to forego watching the soccer game and decided to watch Mulan Rouge instead. I began this entry saying it was a strange day and by that I meant we as a group kind of just staggered around today. I think it was a low day, after the hype of the winery and the day in Florence, we as a group were quite, tired and not as enthusiastic as we normally are. O well we’re all entitled to an off day…
Ciao
Wednesday!
6/25/08
Early day… caught a 654 train (woke up about 530am) to Florence. Wasn’t particularly excited only because Florence is always at least 10 degrees hotter than CF and its crowed. After arriving right before 8 and grabbing coffee we all met at the Duomo Baptistery doors for Taryans presentation. After this we had about an hour of free time in the less crowed, cooler atmosphere before meeting up again. Kayla, Hayden and I decide to head for the indoor market we had passed on the way form the train station. It was huge, its completely in door, with everything and kind of Italian meat, cheese pasta, fruit you might want (wine too). I ended up buying a wide range of dried fruit (kiwi, bananas, strawberries, passion fruit, and mango..etc) they were wonderful! We then followed Hayden (he can find anyplace) to Santa Croce to meet the group. Here we wandered, learned and drew till about 11. I then went with a small group to another little church across the river to see two more paintings we had talked about in class. Then we began the long search for a cheap yet filling lunch, after about an hour, we decide on street side panni’s (never let boys lead, ha) and ate on the steps of the Uffizi. Did I mention the heat by this time was slowing draining us all! Yuck – then the search for water fossets began- ugh!! But finally we found a Stanza were I purchase I huge bottle of water and my favorite Italian cookies! Umm! Then we trekked back to the Uffizi and spent the rest of the afternoon (until 4) looking and drawing. ☺ Around 4 the few of us left in the museum made a mad dash through the market and to the train station to catch a 507 train. Well much to our surprise the train was late…very late. Oh and it was Hot and when I say hot I cant even explain to you how hott… lets just say it was a very long hour home and my hand is very tired from fanning myself that entire time. On a positive note dinner tonight was my two favorite things…olive oil pasta and the chocolate salami for desert!!! Yippee. I was one happy girl, im now sitting in the courtyard with Lindsay, typing away and listening to the adults chatter away… haha, love what wine and a hot day will do to the adults. Im now probably going to watch a movie…there is potential for a late night hide and seek game (we have the school to ourselves)….so we’ll to see…
Ciao
Early day… caught a 654 train (woke up about 530am) to Florence. Wasn’t particularly excited only because Florence is always at least 10 degrees hotter than CF and its crowed. After arriving right before 8 and grabbing coffee we all met at the Duomo Baptistery doors for Taryans presentation. After this we had about an hour of free time in the less crowed, cooler atmosphere before meeting up again. Kayla, Hayden and I decide to head for the indoor market we had passed on the way form the train station. It was huge, its completely in door, with everything and kind of Italian meat, cheese pasta, fruit you might want (wine too). I ended up buying a wide range of dried fruit (kiwi, bananas, strawberries, passion fruit, and mango..etc) they were wonderful! We then followed Hayden (he can find anyplace) to Santa Croce to meet the group. Here we wandered, learned and drew till about 11. I then went with a small group to another little church across the river to see two more paintings we had talked about in class. Then we began the long search for a cheap yet filling lunch, after about an hour, we decide on street side panni’s (never let boys lead, ha) and ate on the steps of the Uffizi. Did I mention the heat by this time was slowing draining us all! Yuck – then the search for water fossets began- ugh!! But finally we found a Stanza were I purchase I huge bottle of water and my favorite Italian cookies! Umm! Then we trekked back to the Uffizi and spent the rest of the afternoon (until 4) looking and drawing. ☺ Around 4 the few of us left in the museum made a mad dash through the market and to the train station to catch a 507 train. Well much to our surprise the train was late…very late. Oh and it was Hot and when I say hot I cant even explain to you how hott… lets just say it was a very long hour home and my hand is very tired from fanning myself that entire time. On a positive note dinner tonight was my two favorite things…olive oil pasta and the chocolate salami for desert!!! Yippee. I was one happy girl, im now sitting in the courtyard with Lindsay, typing away and listening to the adults chatter away… haha, love what wine and a hot day will do to the adults. Im now probably going to watch a movie…there is potential for a late night hide and seek game (we have the school to ourselves)….so we’ll to see…
Ciao
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
VINO!!!
6/24/08
Awoke with a mission today! 15 pieces due by noon. After having the breakfast of Italian champions (a banana and croissant) I headed to the studio, just before 9. I ended up starting a second set of 5 pieces last night, so of course I decided to finish this and disregarded the others, ha. But actually in the end it’s by far my favorite of the now twenty pieces I turned in. Needless to say, I did without too much stress completely the assignment and with penalty of time too. I was done by 11. I ended up not changing too much on most of my pieces. Just added a bit here and there and changed the order a bit. After hanging all the pieces up, as we do when we “turn in” an assignment for Dan, I had no idea what to do with myself. Ended up lying down for a bit…seemed like an ok thing to do…was dieing for lunch. And of course because I was so hungry for lunch it was the lightest lunch we’ve had. I mean it made since considering we were going to the winery two hours later, but still. Ha. After lunch we all run upstairs to put on our bathing suits and met in the lobby at 215 to walk to the winery. Dan claimed it was about a 2km walk, I don’t care how far it was in the 2pm heat of Italy we were all dieing by the time we got there. But after cooling in the shade we began out tour. Ricardo, our guide, showed us around his little winery where they make olive oil, Vino Rosa and Blanca, honey and jams. There main income is form the wine and they just make about 2000 bottles of oil a year for a little extra income. Learned how the wine was made, the differences that the soils, grooming and time of year make and some bout the mixes. Now how long all retain all this info will be interesting. Ha. Ricardo took us to the olive trees first, then the chardonnay and merlot areas then finally the best part, THE TASTING! Ha-ha. After being filled with all this incredible information we follow our leader (ha) into a quant little house with a long, beautifully set table. We all sat and anticipation grew! The first wine was a 100% pure chardonnay, fantastic! This was also paired with a tiny pizza croissant and cheese with jam. Then next wine was wine as well (don’t remember the mix) but it was great as well, a little dryer but still great! Hear we received Bruschetta to eat. For the third wine was a merlot. Now im not typically a fan of red but I really enjoyed this one! And we received a salami and bread course to boot! Then sadly they cleared our plates… but they then filled this tiny little shot looking glass with a desert wine (not grappa). They said its one to the slipped and either paired with a good cigar or biscotti- unfortunately they only gave us the biscotti (ha). We were sad to learn this was the end of the tasting, but honestly I don’t think I could have more. After they cleaver made purchasing the wine available at the time, we made our choice and then headed to the pool. I forgot to mention this place is also a bed and breakfast, with a pool! We all hopped in and relaxed till about 615 when we had to make our way back to Santa chiara for our pre-Florence mtg. It was so much fun to finally be in the water and just to be silly in the pool with everyone. Over all the groups a really off the wall kind of group. We make tons of stupid jokes and laugh at the dumbest things all the time and this just flowed into the pool. Everything from races, to dumb diving board tricks to water ballet, water hair doos…etc. Bottom line it was a great day.
We were all exhausted after dinner and had an early morning train to catch… so I think that qualifies my passing out at 1030pm! Ha, maybe.
Awoke with a mission today! 15 pieces due by noon. After having the breakfast of Italian champions (a banana and croissant) I headed to the studio, just before 9. I ended up starting a second set of 5 pieces last night, so of course I decided to finish this and disregarded the others, ha. But actually in the end it’s by far my favorite of the now twenty pieces I turned in. Needless to say, I did without too much stress completely the assignment and with penalty of time too. I was done by 11. I ended up not changing too much on most of my pieces. Just added a bit here and there and changed the order a bit. After hanging all the pieces up, as we do when we “turn in” an assignment for Dan, I had no idea what to do with myself. Ended up lying down for a bit…seemed like an ok thing to do…was dieing for lunch. And of course because I was so hungry for lunch it was the lightest lunch we’ve had. I mean it made since considering we were going to the winery two hours later, but still. Ha. After lunch we all run upstairs to put on our bathing suits and met in the lobby at 215 to walk to the winery. Dan claimed it was about a 2km walk, I don’t care how far it was in the 2pm heat of Italy we were all dieing by the time we got there. But after cooling in the shade we began out tour. Ricardo, our guide, showed us around his little winery where they make olive oil, Vino Rosa and Blanca, honey and jams. There main income is form the wine and they just make about 2000 bottles of oil a year for a little extra income. Learned how the wine was made, the differences that the soils, grooming and time of year make and some bout the mixes. Now how long all retain all this info will be interesting. Ha. Ricardo took us to the olive trees first, then the chardonnay and merlot areas then finally the best part, THE TASTING! Ha-ha. After being filled with all this incredible information we follow our leader (ha) into a quant little house with a long, beautifully set table. We all sat and anticipation grew! The first wine was a 100% pure chardonnay, fantastic! This was also paired with a tiny pizza croissant and cheese with jam. Then next wine was wine as well (don’t remember the mix) but it was great as well, a little dryer but still great! Hear we received Bruschetta to eat. For the third wine was a merlot. Now im not typically a fan of red but I really enjoyed this one! And we received a salami and bread course to boot! Then sadly they cleared our plates… but they then filled this tiny little shot looking glass with a desert wine (not grappa). They said its one to the slipped and either paired with a good cigar or biscotti- unfortunately they only gave us the biscotti (ha). We were sad to learn this was the end of the tasting, but honestly I don’t think I could have more. After they cleaver made purchasing the wine available at the time, we made our choice and then headed to the pool. I forgot to mention this place is also a bed and breakfast, with a pool! We all hopped in and relaxed till about 615 when we had to make our way back to Santa chiara for our pre-Florence mtg. It was so much fun to finally be in the water and just to be silly in the pool with everyone. Over all the groups a really off the wall kind of group. We make tons of stupid jokes and laugh at the dumbest things all the time and this just flowed into the pool. Everything from races, to dumb diving board tricks to water ballet, water hair doos…etc. Bottom line it was a great day.
We were all exhausted after dinner and had an early morning train to catch… so I think that qualifies my passing out at 1030pm! Ha, maybe.
Monday, June 23, 2008
lunedì la 23- monday
6/23/08
Can’t believe Dan scheduled class for 9am this morning. Oh well… I decide to treat myself and had my first Italian coffee with a pastry for breakfast. YUmmmm, lets just say I was wired! It also didn’t help/ added to my craziness that I awoke to find that one of my best friends got engaged!! Ahhh, insane, but so exciting.. CONGRATES AMY! We all spent the entire morning in the studio (time flew by). And then had a great, but light lunch of grain salad, melon and meat…wonderful. This afternoon we’ve all wondered about the school, met with Ann in our final project groups (due in a week, yikes), attempted to finish our some art work, laid down/rested. Now its about 530 and im sitting in courtyard, under an umbrella, listening to the turtles crunch the leaves to my left, dreading our last Italian class and then dinner. After dinner im sure ill be in the studio- everything’s due tomorrow. Was doing pretty good but ive gotten to the point were I could be done- but there’s always another thing I could do or doubt. Ugh!! I am learning to just breathe through it, but man its tough.
Its now midnight here, 5pm your time and im calling it a night. Did exactly as I thought I might this evening. Ate dinner, sat in the courtyard and drew till it was too dark to see then went to get gelato, then back to the studio for about 2 hours. Will be glad when lunch time tomorrow rolls around and we display our pieces.. plus then we get to go to the Vineyard at 2pm… yippee. Hope its cooler tomorrow. Since Friday we have incredible heat. Almost miserable during the days and the last two nights have been rough (no ac here in Italia). Supposedly were getting fans tomorrow night…lets hope so!!
Also I had a thought tonight as I walked home from gelato… I cant believe I live here, I mean I really have had the chance to live in a little Italian town and gotten to the point were I call it home. I feel safe here, I feel confident in the places and my abilities to get around…man I cant believe I have such little time left… its sad ☹.
-Ciao
Can’t believe Dan scheduled class for 9am this morning. Oh well… I decide to treat myself and had my first Italian coffee with a pastry for breakfast. YUmmmm, lets just say I was wired! It also didn’t help/ added to my craziness that I awoke to find that one of my best friends got engaged!! Ahhh, insane, but so exciting.. CONGRATES AMY! We all spent the entire morning in the studio (time flew by). And then had a great, but light lunch of grain salad, melon and meat…wonderful. This afternoon we’ve all wondered about the school, met with Ann in our final project groups (due in a week, yikes), attempted to finish our some art work, laid down/rested. Now its about 530 and im sitting in courtyard, under an umbrella, listening to the turtles crunch the leaves to my left, dreading our last Italian class and then dinner. After dinner im sure ill be in the studio- everything’s due tomorrow. Was doing pretty good but ive gotten to the point were I could be done- but there’s always another thing I could do or doubt. Ugh!! I am learning to just breathe through it, but man its tough.
Its now midnight here, 5pm your time and im calling it a night. Did exactly as I thought I might this evening. Ate dinner, sat in the courtyard and drew till it was too dark to see then went to get gelato, then back to the studio for about 2 hours. Will be glad when lunch time tomorrow rolls around and we display our pieces.. plus then we get to go to the Vineyard at 2pm… yippee. Hope its cooler tomorrow. Since Friday we have incredible heat. Almost miserable during the days and the last two nights have been rough (no ac here in Italia). Supposedly were getting fans tomorrow night…lets hope so!!
Also I had a thought tonight as I walked home from gelato… I cant believe I live here, I mean I really have had the chance to live in a little Italian town and gotten to the point were I call it home. I feel safe here, I feel confident in the places and my abilities to get around…man I cant believe I have such little time left… its sad ☹.
-Ciao
my weekend
6/21-22/08
My weekend.. this weekend was about recovery…well kinda. Instead of traveling as we have form the past week or so I spent Saturday doing little, which was fantastic. I woke up around 930, (happy me) made my way to the courtyard where I sat, read and drew until a decent size group of us had gathered and decided to make our way up the hill for lunch. We we’re going to try this new little spot down the hill but as we arrived, much to our dismay, it was closed. We then gave up on trying to be creative and made our way to Roggies, our regular spot for weekend lunch when were in town. But we did change it up a bit, we got our pizzas to-go and sat up at the bell tour courtyard, the best view in town. After about and hour or so of enjoying to sun and laying in the grass… I almost fell asleep here, ha. The girls I was with and I decided to end the lunch adventure with a pastry from the café and the loggia…ya know, just your average everyday pizza and pastry lunch. Ha. After this it was back to the studio to continue to work on our stuff due for Dan on Tuesday. I began to feel really light headed and decided to go lay down before a group of us went to the co-op to get food for Sunday’s lunch. But with my luck I set my alarm for 4:20 and not 16:20, opps and just missed the group. This was quite frustrating for the trip was to get food for the hike the next day…but I had to just let it go and decided to draw in the courtyard in the mean time. The group finally showed up and then we made our way to dinner and then to the Garden Underground to watch the Russia and Netherlands soccer game.
Sunday morning was an early one, woke up about 545 am and meet a small group in the lobby to hike to Cortona, Yes, again. Ann’s family and Dan’s wife wanted to do the walk, since they weren’t here the first time so they offered up to the group that anyone who wanted to could come along. Well 3 of the guys were in, in a heartbeat. Kayla my roommate too. It took me a few days to decide but I eventually all in. The pace on this trek was much faster than with the group. There was only 11 or us verse the 22 the first time. For instance this time we made it to our first time lunch stop by 930am oppose to the 1130 time as before. In even greater comparison we reached Cortona and sat down to eat lunch at 1140am, even after visiting the hermitage, it was 230ish last time. Crazy but I was feeling good. After bumming a few bits of food from the group (member I was in shortage) I had to decide if I was going to walk back or take the bus with Ann’s family. I don’t know what came over me, but I decide to hike back. And this pace was even faster- no stops…moving like crazy. We made it back in 3 hours…we were back right before 4pm. INSANE! No don’t let me fool you- I nearly passed out the last quarter mile. It was in the last stretch- in the sun…the heat got to me. Whooo wee. Made it to my room barely…Kayla and I layed in the dark on our rooms tile floor.. I couldn’t drink or eat without gagging. We finally made it onto our beds… passed out for about an hour. Awoke and decided I could stand in the shower… got dressed, laided down until dinner. Kayla and I decided to spilt a PowerAde for electrolyte replenishing. Wasn’t sure I would be able it eat- but I did put down some pasta and chicken and we had dessert! After dinner I made it up the hill to the Pirate Bar with the group to watch the Italy and Spain game. It ended sadly- we lost- but I got ice cream which made me happy. I then made it back to Santa Chiara and passed out. Unfortunately I missed shaving Hayden’s head but I got sleep.
What a day- we figured the hike was over 10miles so technically I walked over 20miles through the hills/ mountains… insane. Glad I did it but I defiantly enjoyed the group pace more- less about the exercise and more about the journey.
My weekend.. this weekend was about recovery…well kinda. Instead of traveling as we have form the past week or so I spent Saturday doing little, which was fantastic. I woke up around 930, (happy me) made my way to the courtyard where I sat, read and drew until a decent size group of us had gathered and decided to make our way up the hill for lunch. We we’re going to try this new little spot down the hill but as we arrived, much to our dismay, it was closed. We then gave up on trying to be creative and made our way to Roggies, our regular spot for weekend lunch when were in town. But we did change it up a bit, we got our pizzas to-go and sat up at the bell tour courtyard, the best view in town. After about and hour or so of enjoying to sun and laying in the grass… I almost fell asleep here, ha. The girls I was with and I decided to end the lunch adventure with a pastry from the café and the loggia…ya know, just your average everyday pizza and pastry lunch. Ha. After this it was back to the studio to continue to work on our stuff due for Dan on Tuesday. I began to feel really light headed and decided to go lay down before a group of us went to the co-op to get food for Sunday’s lunch. But with my luck I set my alarm for 4:20 and not 16:20, opps and just missed the group. This was quite frustrating for the trip was to get food for the hike the next day…but I had to just let it go and decided to draw in the courtyard in the mean time. The group finally showed up and then we made our way to dinner and then to the Garden Underground to watch the Russia and Netherlands soccer game.
Sunday morning was an early one, woke up about 545 am and meet a small group in the lobby to hike to Cortona, Yes, again. Ann’s family and Dan’s wife wanted to do the walk, since they weren’t here the first time so they offered up to the group that anyone who wanted to could come along. Well 3 of the guys were in, in a heartbeat. Kayla my roommate too. It took me a few days to decide but I eventually all in. The pace on this trek was much faster than with the group. There was only 11 or us verse the 22 the first time. For instance this time we made it to our first time lunch stop by 930am oppose to the 1130 time as before. In even greater comparison we reached Cortona and sat down to eat lunch at 1140am, even after visiting the hermitage, it was 230ish last time. Crazy but I was feeling good. After bumming a few bits of food from the group (member I was in shortage) I had to decide if I was going to walk back or take the bus with Ann’s family. I don’t know what came over me, but I decide to hike back. And this pace was even faster- no stops…moving like crazy. We made it back in 3 hours…we were back right before 4pm. INSANE! No don’t let me fool you- I nearly passed out the last quarter mile. It was in the last stretch- in the sun…the heat got to me. Whooo wee. Made it to my room barely…Kayla and I layed in the dark on our rooms tile floor.. I couldn’t drink or eat without gagging. We finally made it onto our beds… passed out for about an hour. Awoke and decided I could stand in the shower… got dressed, laided down until dinner. Kayla and I decided to spilt a PowerAde for electrolyte replenishing. Wasn’t sure I would be able it eat- but I did put down some pasta and chicken and we had dessert! After dinner I made it up the hill to the Pirate Bar with the group to watch the Italy and Spain game. It ended sadly- we lost- but I got ice cream which made me happy. I then made it back to Santa Chiara and passed out. Unfortunately I missed shaving Hayden’s head but I got sleep.
What a day- we figured the hike was over 10miles so technically I walked over 20miles through the hills/ mountains… insane. Glad I did it but I defiantly enjoyed the group pace more- less about the exercise and more about the journey.
Friday, June 20, 2008
venerdì
6/20/08
No morning class, perfect start to the day. Woke up around 9, very late for me, haha. Met up with a few people at the Loggia for coffee and finishing up school work. Yup that’s right, today we had a labeling/ sketching assignment due for Ann. I had finished most of it on Tuesday, but I had had to add some finishing touches. After a while we wondered to the Friday morning market on the hill. This I full of clothes, shoes, produce of all kinds, kitchen ware- anything you name it. My favorite part is to watch all the Italians at the meat/ cheese stand and the fresh produce. its just a joy to watch them bargain and buy, then wonder was goodness they will create later with it all. Hehe. By this time it was getting really hot so Kayla and I headed back to Santa Chiara to show Ann our assignment, get our grade and then pass time till lunch. I swear everything around revolves around when the next meal is, and we’ve definitely all adapted to that way of life. Fantastic lunch of bow tie pasta with basil and ham and melon. Sounds crazy, but it was great, we also had salad and watermelon too. ☺ After lunch we had studio, four hours of struggleing to create a series of art works, man. And I thought 5 pieces was tough last time, now I have 15 to do, ugh. Ha. Around 6 (class ended at 530) I had to walk away from my work. And I literary sat in the courtyard for an hour and a half, trying to get rid of a headache and make it to dinner. No problem there, im still alive and full. We grabbed gelato after dinner and then watch Roman Holiday (my new favorite movie). Which was fun to watch cause all of the sites she’s at we just saw. Ha.
Man we've done so much, wow.
ciao
No morning class, perfect start to the day. Woke up around 9, very late for me, haha. Met up with a few people at the Loggia for coffee and finishing up school work. Yup that’s right, today we had a labeling/ sketching assignment due for Ann. I had finished most of it on Tuesday, but I had had to add some finishing touches. After a while we wondered to the Friday morning market on the hill. This I full of clothes, shoes, produce of all kinds, kitchen ware- anything you name it. My favorite part is to watch all the Italians at the meat/ cheese stand and the fresh produce. its just a joy to watch them bargain and buy, then wonder was goodness they will create later with it all. Hehe. By this time it was getting really hot so Kayla and I headed back to Santa Chiara to show Ann our assignment, get our grade and then pass time till lunch. I swear everything around revolves around when the next meal is, and we’ve definitely all adapted to that way of life. Fantastic lunch of bow tie pasta with basil and ham and melon. Sounds crazy, but it was great, we also had salad and watermelon too. ☺ After lunch we had studio, four hours of struggleing to create a series of art works, man. And I thought 5 pieces was tough last time, now I have 15 to do, ugh. Ha. Around 6 (class ended at 530) I had to walk away from my work. And I literary sat in the courtyard for an hour and a half, trying to get rid of a headache and make it to dinner. No problem there, im still alive and full. We grabbed gelato after dinner and then watch Roman Holiday (my new favorite movie). Which was fun to watch cause all of the sites she’s at we just saw. Ha.
Man we've done so much, wow.
ciao
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