Im not much of a writer..so bear with me..I am also on an Italian computer and cant find the punction..so this post is going to be a little rough!
Traveling to Italy was a pretty bumpy ride but once I got to Italy I realized how totally worth it it was!! My troubles started at security in Atlanta.. I got stopped and they had to search my entire carry on and they found an entire bottle of Creamy Balsamic dressing in my bookbag which was in my carry on suitcase. The officer started busting out laughing but I was mortified! I kept joking that I was gonna miss my sauces while in Italy and so my sister bought me some dressing that I could dip just about anything in..but I wasnt really going to take it. And somehow it ended up in my book bag and I had no idea! But basically the German airport was the most confusing thing ever..however the German boys at customs where HOTTIES with the coolest accents..they told me to not go to school in Italy but to make party..make party in Italy! Between Atlanta and Rome my sandel broke like 4 times..I kept fixing it with floss but theyre dunzo. But HOLY COW the bus ride from Rome to Montepulciano was (I cant even think of an adjective to describe it) but the basically pick the best synonym for MAGNICENT AND BEAUTIFUL and thats what it was times 100000. Did that even just make sense (cant find the question mark on this dang keyboard). ITALY IS AMAZING!
Being in Italy is like a dream. Everything here is beyond beautiful I cant even begin to explain! There are flowers EVERYWHERE and the trees are do different. We were driving down what would be like an interstate and there would be buildings and bridges and then you would look to the right and see a huge field of sunflowers. Its just unreal!! Ive never been out of the country so the tiniest things amaze me! I also love love love the accent, when people speak they sound so happy and passionate and everyone is SOOOOO nice and welcoming. I wish I could have a video camera in my eyeballs because I want everything I do on tape..if I had a film crew that would work too.
My roomates are AMAZING! We all get along great and I just feel like everyone on this trip is going to be so close by the end of the 5 weeks.
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We arrived to Monty P around 11am Georgia time and got settled in. We all met up at the restaurant that will be feeding us dinner for the next 5 weeks to eat and the food was insanly good! It just kept coming and coming and I was full (I know shocker..Im never full..but this food was very satisifying) and I wanted a to go box but I dont think they do that here... We then planned to go back to the room and unpack and go to sleep because we had to get up early today to tour the city..but that didnt happen. We ended up going to °The Garden° a place that has an outside bar under tents with a DJ. And we hung out there for a while! It was soo neat seeing all the young italians and how they socialized. On our way to the Garden we met a family from Powder Springs, Ga (how random!.. small world) and the girl was telling us about how she went to Kennesaw and did the same study abroad trip we were on..and she met her HUSBAND! She met him 3 days before she left Italy at a sangria party and he didnt speak any english and she spoke no Italian but he asked her to dance..and they hit it off. They exchanged emails and eventually met up again. They have been married for 5 years and come visit his family every year. I asked her first of all does her husband have a brother and second, where is this sangria party! And so we were telling our director about her and he was like oh yeah! Ive heard the story..so she and her husband are like a legend to the program and to the town...Im gonna leave this place as a legend..haha
The whole city is just adorable and looks like something out of a movie..which is probably why it has been the location for a lot of movies. And Euros are sooo much prettier than dirty green American money. I feel like its monopoly money so when I spend it I feel like Im not spending real money...which I need to control because I forget things are more expensive than I think..oopsies!
Im going to try and post pictures as soon as I can, and Ill keep yall updated as much as I can but is harder than I thought. And this blog wont be as well written as Allisons but Im trying! I feel like I am leaving so much out but it is so hard to get everything typed out!!
Pino told us the story of how him and Lina met at the carnivale many years ago. He told us she was his other half, "mi ameta mela". He then explained that a perfect person is an apple and Zeus split the apple in half (man and woman) ..with a bolt of lightning and now it is up to each half to find the other. He found his mi ameta mela in Lina. I wish I could do this story justice, but it's just one of those things that cannot be properly described on a blog. His accent and hand gestures..he even drew apples on our paper placemat..bring so much passion to the story. He then went on to say that his brother Vito has been married 4 times and has yet to find his mi ameta melo but he believes George Clooney is his other half! Haha Pino is a mess!!
