The Americans have arrived! And we stick out like a sore thumb! realizing now how much I should have brushed up on my Italian before leaving because the grocery store ended up being quite the adventure. On a positive note, it is easier to find white kit-kat bars here than the US... way to step it up Italy! Anyway, here's a quick breakdown of what we've been up to our first fun-filled days in O-Town!
We left KCI around 8am (advice: not necessary to arrive 3 hours prior to departure. my entire checking bags and security check took, ohhhh about 15 min tops!) Then we boarded our flight to DC on a tiny plane! We even got to get off the plane outside, I felt like the president. Finally, we boarded a 767 to cross the pond! it was nice but i had an aisle seat and my overhead light kept turning on! Everytime I started to drift into sleep BOOM spotlight on Rachel! Movie selection wasnt too bad, I watched The Social Network twice so dad you can take that off the Netflix Q. We finally touched down in Rome at about 8am their time then had a bus take us to Orvieto. We finally had some space on the bus so everyone passed out within 5 min.
We arrived in Orvieto and the bus took us up to the top of the hill where we boarded another bus to go to our apartments. I live with jordan, kate, tori, and megan in a charming little place right next to the Duomo and Centro Studi where our classes will be held!
So far, we've been having a great time exploring the city! We had orientation at school and classes will start tomorrow after a field trip to the post office. Then Saturday I will be cooking with a world renowned chef, Lorenzo! Next Friday we have our first field trip, back to Rome to actually see the city and we may even stay for the weekend! Tonight we are meeting up with some of the interns from Chef Lorenzo's place and they are going to show us around town! Oh and last night was a lot of fun as well. We had a big lunch at this cool place that serves these wraps where they shave off some meat right from the bone! The girls and I were still to full from that to eat dinner with everyone so we invited everyone out to our place afterward and had a great time!
One thing i miss about Seaton Court is the tropical climate. I'd probably be wearing shorts and a tanktop in studio and here we are freezing!!
I'll try and post pictures soon! Everything here is old and beautiful!
Ciao,
Rachel
Typical Rachel, most important thing is that they have white kit-kats...
ReplyDeleteSounds amazing! When I get there you can cook for me like Lorenzo teaches you! :)
those are called kebobs Rachel and they are fantastic! I hope you had french fries in yours and that taziki sauce (white like ranch)! Oooh I'm so jealous have lots of fun! Can't wait to see pictures!
ReplyDeletealready missing an aspect of Seaton? Hush your mouth! ps- we all need to have dinner when we get back to the states...since only the orvieto kids are going to know how to cook
ReplyDeletedoes this mean you'll be cooking for Cara and
ReplyDeleteand me*
ReplyDeleteWhite kit-kats, Rachel? Really? That's all you found in an Italian grocery store?
ReplyDeleteSomeone besides my mom reads this!!!!!
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