Boots & Wine

9/17 BOOTS!

I only had class til 2 today which was awesome! The 9am −5 or 6 is getting old fast. 

Met up with Ariel and we went on a shopping spree!  We both have been scouting the town for the perfect leather boots, going into every store, trying on 3 or 4 pairs in each.  It's been a process.  But today was the day!  We actually ended up buying both our pairs of boots at the same store.  They smell so delicious.  They are actually making my whole room smell like leather right now, it's lovely.  After doing some serious shopping we went to our new favorite cafe/bar/caffeteria for wine.  It is absolutely amazing wine and our 7ft tall Italian bartender (He is more than unusually  tall for here, at 5' 6'' I tower over my whole host family) charges us 5 Euro for 2 glasses.  We're becoming regulars, its fun.

There is some horrid screeching noise coming from the apartment right now.  Like fingernails on a chalkboard, only rhythmic.  Its making me have goose-bumbs.    

I got my 1st Italian test back today, got an 87%. Not bad. Would have been better if I hadn't had a total moment during my test with the Uno/Una/Un/Un' section.  Who knows what I was thinking at the time.  I am learning more about the language everyday in class, but I feel as if my conversation has come to a standstill.  Dinners are sometimes very quiet because it is always an effort when they are trying to explain things in Italian and I don't understand, but they don't know the words in English, so then we come to a halt and have to give up the topic.   Tonight's dinner was especially quiet.  

Tomorrow we have an Italian cooking lesson at the culinary school right next to ours! I'm so excited!!  AND, a few of us plan a trip to London for a long weekend coming up!!  Should be a good day.