This is the city of Siena. My school is behind me. There is a valley in the middle of the city which is the green stuff and the city goes around on the left over to where you are looking. There is much more city behind me too but I haven't gotten a good perspective on that for a picture.Okay, another day done... Another day done... I can't yet tell if I feel like time is flying by or if I feel like its going backwards. I'm torn between both feelings. I feel like I have been here for a month at least, but at the same time I feel like I just got here. It's kind of confusing.
Classes are going okay. Things are a bit overwhelming. It seems like basically I wake up, breakfest really quick and go to the bus stop by 825 at the latest, then I go to class have classes and lunch break and then more classes. by the time classes are done I have like an hour before I need to return to the bus stop to catch my ride home. Once I'm home it takes like an hour to eat and by the time thats done and I've organized myself and sit to write here its like almost 9. Then I write here, then I study, which really needs like a couple hours. Then if I gotta shower I do so which as you know takes me a while. Especially with this stupid tub thing. Then I write in my journal, THEN I go to bed. It's like there is no time to just stop for a second. This is my stopping time, to write here and in my journal. I know I said I wanted to be busy but its almost too busy. It's having an opposite effect on me so that I just don't want to do anything now... I wish I could make my mind up for myself. Seems like I'm never happy with what I have. lol.
So I talked with dad last night, that was great, I think I mentioned that already. This morning at 0613 I got a phone call from Joe and Victor :) That was a great way to wake up and start my day. Apparently I talked too long because they ran out of minutes ... :x oops..
Dinner tonight consisted of some sort of corn pasta with tomatos and chedder chease and mozzerella. Then some like potato gnacci type things with sausage in sauce... The sauce was AMAZING!!!!
Tonight my family is at a basket ball game.. I guess its the finals. I didn't go because I have a lot of studying to do. This weekend I'm going to Venice. So that will be great. I'm excited.. It's expensive but I don't care, I'm only gonna be here for this once for sure so I am gonna do what I can. So saturday morning we leave for there and return sunday nightish. That doesn't mean I wouldn't want you to call. PLEASE call anytime no worries. If I'm busy I wont answer. But there are few things that I would be doing that are more important then you guys.
Today I was talking with a girl in my class and I was thinking and talked to her about the fact that everyone says that I will have so much fun and by the time its time to come home I won't want to... Well I just don't believe it. I can't imagine a place being more important or making me feel any better then being home and able to see the ones I love. She was relieved at my point of view because she felt the same way. So, rest assured that when that day comes to fly home from Italy, and to fly home from Minneapolis I will be the happiest I've been in a month.
I got a chance to talk with a few of you today and it was refreshing. I really miss you guys. I think I've gotten as less homesick as possible lol. It's been helping to talk to my friends here about it because many feel the same way. It's amazing because it doesn't look like it, but when you talk with them you find out that they feel the same way I do.
It's very issolating and tiering to be in a country where you don't understand anything, you can't read anything, if you get lost no one understands you, and when I leave for the night to go to my home, I have NO contact with anyone unless someone tries to contact me from like 7pm until I get to school and have lunch break or possibly if I arrive early enough before class starts at 9.
Today on the way home I got on the bus at least, however I got off a stop early... the stop early is at the bottom of a hill..... a very very large almost mountain rd. That was quite the walk. But at least I got home alone today.
Well I've chatted enough about nothing so I'm gonna go do some studying... actually I think shower first then study.. not that you need to know that.
Enjoy yourselves and until next time I love you all very much.
~John
Classes are going okay. Things are a bit overwhelming. It seems like basically I wake up, breakfest really quick and go to the bus stop by 825 at the latest, then I go to class have classes and lunch break and then more classes. by the time classes are done I have like an hour before I need to return to the bus stop to catch my ride home. Once I'm home it takes like an hour to eat and by the time thats done and I've organized myself and sit to write here its like almost 9. Then I write here, then I study, which really needs like a couple hours. Then if I gotta shower I do so which as you know takes me a while. Especially with this stupid tub thing. Then I write in my journal, THEN I go to bed. It's like there is no time to just stop for a second. This is my stopping time, to write here and in my journal. I know I said I wanted to be busy but its almost too busy. It's having an opposite effect on me so that I just don't want to do anything now... I wish I could make my mind up for myself. Seems like I'm never happy with what I have. lol.
So I talked with dad last night, that was great, I think I mentioned that already. This morning at 0613 I got a phone call from Joe and Victor :) That was a great way to wake up and start my day. Apparently I talked too long because they ran out of minutes ... :x oops..
Dinner tonight consisted of some sort of corn pasta with tomatos and chedder chease and mozzerella. Then some like potato gnacci type things with sausage in sauce... The sauce was AMAZING!!!!
Tonight my family is at a basket ball game.. I guess its the finals. I didn't go because I have a lot of studying to do. This weekend I'm going to Venice. So that will be great. I'm excited.. It's expensive but I don't care, I'm only gonna be here for this once for sure so I am gonna do what I can. So saturday morning we leave for there and return sunday nightish. That doesn't mean I wouldn't want you to call. PLEASE call anytime no worries. If I'm busy I wont answer. But there are few things that I would be doing that are more important then you guys.
Today I was talking with a girl in my class and I was thinking and talked to her about the fact that everyone says that I will have so much fun and by the time its time to come home I won't want to... Well I just don't believe it. I can't imagine a place being more important or making me feel any better then being home and able to see the ones I love. She was relieved at my point of view because she felt the same way. So, rest assured that when that day comes to fly home from Italy, and to fly home from Minneapolis I will be the happiest I've been in a month.
I got a chance to talk with a few of you today and it was refreshing. I really miss you guys. I think I've gotten as less homesick as possible lol. It's been helping to talk to my friends here about it because many feel the same way. It's amazing because it doesn't look like it, but when you talk with them you find out that they feel the same way I do.
It's very issolating and tiering to be in a country where you don't understand anything, you can't read anything, if you get lost no one understands you, and when I leave for the night to go to my home, I have NO contact with anyone unless someone tries to contact me from like 7pm until I get to school and have lunch break or possibly if I arrive early enough before class starts at 9.
Today on the way home I got on the bus at least, however I got off a stop early... the stop early is at the bottom of a hill..... a very very large almost mountain rd. That was quite the walk. But at least I got home alone today.
Well I've chatted enough about nothing so I'm gonna go do some studying... actually I think shower first then study.. not that you need to know that.
Enjoy yourselves and until next time I love you all very much.
~John
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