Today we go to Florence! Everyone was so excited. We took the super fast train non-stop from Roma to Firenze. The train was very nice, very smooth. We were able to see a little of the countryside, which was so beautiful. We passed little tiny villages, sunflower fields, and went through many hills. After what seemed like no time at all, we were in Florence! At the train station we stopped to use the bathroom before our 1/2 mile walk to the bed and breakfast. It w...

Last day of school for the week! It will be nice to have a small break. Our teacher Laura seems to understand that there are very little connections between English and Italian. There was even one time she stayed after class to explain something to Nicole and me. It's kinda fun after class, we all meet in the garden and most of us do our homework right away. It's really nice because we get it done right away and we have Max to help us when we have questions. Toda...

School in the morning. Learning Italian through immersion is like a roller coaster ride. You start out nervous because you don't know what to expect. As you go along you feel like you are actually understanding, but then you come crashing down with no idea. For lunch Max took us to a cute Sicilian cafe. We took our food to a park. It was very fun, except there were no benches that were in decent shape to sit on. The food was different vegetables wrapped in dough....

School is slowly getting better. I am starting to understand the language a little more. It's too bad that I won't be able to study the language much after the trip. You can tell that everyone is getting more tired as we go on. That is why Jeremy and I decided to go back to he flat and relax. I took an awesome long nap. I was totally refreshed for our cooking class. We went to the apartment of one of the teachers - Carla and Carmen. They were so kind and happy t...

Woke up before the alarm today! Although my legs are hurting from all the walking. We had our full 4 hours of class. It went a lot better than I expected. Even though I totally don't understand everything, I think I'm starting to get into the mindset of learning a language. You just get into a zone of hearing the Italian. All I know is that there are very few connections between English and Italian. The first 2 hours seemed like vocabulary and the last 2 hours wa...