Today we still didn't have classes due to the fact that none of our professors are here yet. So we had the luxury of sle
eping in late, eating a casual breakfast together, and hanging out all morning and realizing that our computers aren't much fun if everyone in America is still asleep and you can't talk to them. We stayed in until lunch, which was delicious. We had what we called quiche as well as pasta made with salmon, and it was fantastically amazing. After lunch a couple of us headed down to hit the port which we had missed the day before of travel. It was much much colder down there with the wind, but we got to see the pirate ship (which was from a movie called Pirates) and is constantly docked in Genova. It was like something from pirates and it took everything in me NOT to climb aboard.
eping in late, eating a casual breakfast together, and hanging out all morning and realizing that our computers aren't much fun if everyone in America is still asleep and you can't talk to them. We stayed in until lunch, which was delicious. We had what we called quiche as well as pasta made with salmon, and it was fantastically amazing. After lunch a couple of us headed down to hit the port which we had missed the day before of travel. It was much much colder down there with the wind, but we got to see the pirate ship (which was from a movie called Pirates) and is constantly docked in Genova. It was like something from pirates and it took everything in me NOT to climb aboard. We walked a little further down and saw the Renzo Piano concoction which looks like a lot of white poles sticking out of the ocean, but it holds various tents up,,, and under one of them there is currently a skating rink which we admired for a while.
Then we continued on down and wound up at this huge pipe covered in graffiti tha
t you can walk through. So of course we went into it, and were in the process of taking pictures and admiring the work when a man came up to us and gave us bracelets and asked for money. So he couldn't speak good english and we could speak Italian, but he spoke French, so that was cool for Lura and I to get to talk to him in French. He explained that all he needed was food and he worked really hard,, to which we said sorry we don't have any. Then he asked if I was married, and I said no too young, and then he told me he has the perfect guy for me if I ever wanted to meet him. That was fun!
t you can walk through. So of course we went into it, and were in the process of taking pictures and admiring the work when a man came up to us and gave us bracelets and asked for money. So he couldn't speak good english and we could speak Italian, but he spoke French, so that was cool for Lura and I to get to talk to him in French. He explained that all he needed was food and he worked really hard,, to which we said sorry we don't have any. Then he asked if I was married, and I said no too young, and then he told me he has the perfect guy for me if I ever wanted to meet him. That was fun! We
came back to the villa, did some shopping in the grocery store down the street, and then headed out to meet Lucca (our italian friend of the villa). Turns out we had 16 people go, only two didn't so Lucca was slightly overwhelmed, but he took us to THE BEST pizza place in Genova for dinner. It was pretty awesome actually! Then he took us to two bars, one that was like the Library in Piazza delle Erbe, and then we went some other place right beside this church. We went downstairs into this old brick room,, and almost the whole floor was just glass looking down onto water below, and you sat down on pillows ontop of it. Here a lot of Lucca's friends came to meet us so we had about 30 people in that little space--- it was soo much fun.
came back to the villa, did some shopping in the grocery store down the street, and then headed out to meet Lucca (our italian friend of the villa). Turns out we had 16 people go, only two didn't so Lucca was slightly overwhelmed, but he took us to THE BEST pizza place in Genova for dinner. It was pretty awesome actually! Then he took us to two bars, one that was like the Library in Piazza delle Erbe, and then we went some other place right beside this church. We went downstairs into this old brick room,, and almost the whole floor was just glass looking down onto water below, and you sat down on pillows ontop of it. Here a lot of Lucca's friends came to meet us so we had about 30 people in that little space--- it was soo much fun. Tomorrow we start class, and hopefully get cell phones after some of today's incidents where we loose random members of our group,, but it should be fun, despite the fact that it is technically a Saturday-- it is Italian class which is kind of vital to our existence, so it shouldn't be too bad.
~Heather
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