A Test, Travel and Carnivale

Friday February 9, Saturday February 10, Sunday February 11

Hello, Julia here. Yes, I'm finally writing. On Friday we had our first Italian test and that was interesting. We were tested on how to introduce ourselves, ask for phone numbers, addresses, where someone is from and what their nationality is. It has certainly been an interesting week. Our teacher is very good. He is a native Italian and his name is Antonio. His hometown is Anghiari. I love that name, it sounds so poetic and beautiful, almost like a fairytale. Antonio's an excellent teacher and we can pick up what he teaches us very quickly. Earlier this week, the other students and I were joking around with him and we screenshotted this picture of him from an old video about here with a man bun and showed it to him.


His reaction was priceless. He didn't even know the term "man-bun" and said that was his long hair phase. Apparently his hair was down to the middle of his back. Wouldn't that have been a sight to see?

On Saturday we woke up early and took a bus to Anghiari. It completely and utterly lives up to its reputation for beauty. It's like a town out of a fantasy novel. The views are breathtaking and the town is hilly filled with stunning buildings. I found a cat. It was an orange tabby and I think it had hurt its foot; it was holding it really funny. Despite that, it was super sweet and affectionate.

We walked all around Anghiari for the morning and got some coffee at the cutest little coffee shop. We got to practice our Italian to order Cappuccinos. We've ordered them a good number of times so we've gotten pretty good at it. Later we went to Arezzo (say Ah ret so) and walked around a bit before having a lovely lunch then going and seeing a series of frescoes called the Legend of the True Cross. After that we walked around until five thirty then took a bus back to Sansepolcro.

Today most of us woke up late around eleven thirty, ate breakfast, then went out and walked around for awhile before having lunch at a little place called Happy Bar. We walked around before coming back for short time, then everyone including the faculty went and watched the Carnivale parade. That was such a spectacle. Everyone from the tall to the small, the young and the old came and paraded through the town. Some were dressed up others weren't. Most of them were throwing confetti and it was just amazing. After the parade, four of the other students and I went to the main square where we saw some dances and a costume contest then participated in a dance party. We all got confetti in our hair; I still need to comb it all out of mine. We left the square around six fifteen and finished watching a movie called The English Patient. After that we all got tacos that my dad had made. It's been a whirlwind as usual and I can't wait for more.

Ciao,
Julia