Hey! I haven't written in this in soooo long. I'm going to like, fail my blog. I am getting really sad to leave! This week has been really fun. Last weekend I went on a field trip to Spoleto. We toured some churches from like the year 400 and took a walking tour of the city and this cool cemetary with aboveground tombs that looked like tiny ornate churches and buildings. We went up to the fort and walked around and saw the countryside and this huge bridge, it was...

Hey! I haven't written in this in soooo long. I'm going to like, fail my blog. I am getting really sad to leave! This week has been really fun. Last weekend I went on a field trip to Spoleto. We toured some churches from like the year 400 and took a walking tour of the city and this cool cemetary with aboveground tombs that looked like tiny ornate churches and buildings. We went up to the fort and walked around and saw the countryside and this huge bridge, it was...

Hey, My Thanksgiving was great. Chicken stuffed with all kinds of vegetables and herbs and these spinach cheese stuffed mushrooms (I ate tons and I don't even LIKE mushrooms), ridiculous garlic and cheese mashed potatoes and vegetables, a Spanish peach tart thing. My American appetizers came out really well...hotdogs and all. Some girls came over and brought a chocolate porcupine tiramisu. We ate at about 9 at night, but we all stayed up talking until 2am. It wa...

Hi, Buon Ringraziamente! (that means Happy Thanksgiving...if I remember right.) Today is a good day. They started to put up the Christmas lights that hang all over the streets here. Word on the street is that there's going to be a giant Christmas tree going up in Piazza XXIV Novembre, our main square, too. I love, love, love Christmas decorations. Also, there is this woodsmoke hanging in the air, which is most likely due to some natural disaster, but feels pret...

BUONAGIORNATA. So my classes all got cancelled today for no reason, so that's great. The only class I had was Italian. My Italian teacher yelled at us for a half hour about how she was disappointed in us because we never put in any effort. Then she said, Jess, what is the answer to number one on the homework? And, obviously, I hadn't done it. Luckily, I am a good faker. I feel like I am the only one here who isn't doing homework all the time. As a matter of fa...