Week 2

Wow, two weeks have flown by. Sorry about the last few days and the lack of blogging. I have had an extremely busy week.

Saturday
So Ryan, a friend that is backpacking Europe, made it in just fine. Saturday night we wanted to go to a club called Hennessey for their grand opening. After walking to the Po we were informed by a friend that we needed a cab to get to Hennessey. Everyone we were with said screw that and decided to head to pub. After about an hour Ryan and I left and visited some small clubs along the Po. We grabbed a bite to eat then walked the hour or so home at around 3:30.

Sunday
After about 4 or so hours of sleep we were awoken by my roommate yelling for no apparent reason. We got up and kind of chilled all day; Saturday night took a bit of a toll on us. Later that night we were picked up by a French friend, Clemont(sp), and headed out to the Olympic Stadium. We hung out around the stadium for a couple of hours, grabbed a beer at the pub, and headed across the street to watch Juventus play. Juventus is a very popular soccer team in Europe, in fact they are the largest team in all of Italy. They played so-so and won 1-0. Although many Americans don’t understand it, soccer is a very exciting sport. No wonder so many people considered it a religion. We then headed home and went straight to bed.

Monday
After a full night’s sleep(finally) Ryan left and I headed off to school. Three hellish hours of Italian later I made it back home. I decided to relax and take a night off. The internet wasn’t working so I headed to bed early, around Midnight.

Tuesday
More Italian Class then decided to go to the gym. I was given one free workout to decide if I wanted to join or not. It was easily the nicest gym I have ever been in. Unfortunately it is smaller than gyms at home and all of the free weight benches are way too close to each other. One thing I enjoyed is that Italian women wear very revealing clothing, likewise so do the men. Confined spaces and revealing clothing made for some awkward situations. It felt amazing to finally lift again. That night we went to Cacao. We danced for a few hours before walking home.

Wednesday
Italian again then headed home to change and eat. I went to a bar nearby to watch Juventus play. I then met up with a bunch of kids that live near school. We headed to an Irish pub that has a special for us every Wednesday night. A few hours later my roommate Kyle and I headed to another bar before heading home.

Thursday
After struggling through my last “Intensive” Italian class I came home to hang out with my roommates. I think I’m going to stay in tonight. I’m off to the Italian Riviera tomorrow for two nights. I will definitely take tons of pictures while I’m there.

Thank you to everyone who has left a note. I will try and post more pictures from now on for everyone to enjoy.


Ciao

The now extinguished Olympic Flame


Juventus Fans. VIVE JUVE!


A cool looking building