So the first week of classes was actually really fun but also stressful. I technically tested into Italian 4, but since I am on my way to Bologna after Siena, I got bumped up to Italian 5. Basically, it meant that the first 2 weeks were really fast. All the so-called "review" was basically all new material that we completely powered through at warp speed. Besides the fact that I was really not stoked to be in class again only 2 weeks after taking spring finals. But all went well. Enza is my teacher and is super fun and really excited about Italian. She is super helpful, too. I like her a lot.
So the cool part about morning class (which obviously is not waking up in morning haha) is that you can do fun stuff after class. So Tuesday, we (me and 7 others) decided to go to Pisa! Since it was only 2.5-3 hours away by train we figured it was easy and we would have plenty of time since class ended at 12:15pm. But of course, as I have learned, nothing goes as originally planned.
First, we took the wrong bus to get to the train station in Siena. Someone told us you could take the 10 or 11. False! You can only take the 11 turns out. We literally ended up at a dead end in the countryside outside the walls of Siena. Then we got smart and asked the bus driver if we were on the right bus. We definitely weren't! So an hour and a half later, instead of 15 minutes, we arrived at the train station. Whoo! It actually turned out to be a lot of fun for just an afternoon trip. We basically went to see the Leaning Tower and takes pics, and we were successful at that as you can see : ) And don't worry, I left the X-rated photos off of here. But if you are lucky enough to be on facebook, you should check out my Pisa album. They are quite funny and creative!!! After the towe, we got a delicious meal and returned to Siena for the night. We had planned to be all academic and do homework on the train but that was a complete fail. Instead we watched these military guards racially profile ever African person on the train and completely ignore us American kids. It was really weird to see that blatantly happen actually. The guards literally only asked the Africans on the train for their tickets and their documents. Seeing as how I just wrote a 20 page paper about immigration to Italy and how Italians are not super fond of foreigners, it was crazy to see it first hand. Kind of made me think how terrible it would be if Arizona turned out that way....anyway!
So after the profiling situation, our 2 car train (aka really really small) decided to completely stop in the middle of the tracks for 15 minutes without explanation. We were just perched in the middle of the countryside in the pitch black dark for no reason. At which point, Joey, who is completely comical most of the time, decided it would be the perfect time to tell us his idea for a horror movie in which the lights keep flickering on a train, and each time someone new dies. Fun right? Especially on a deserted train track huh? The good thing was that his movie idea had a really terrible ending so we all laughed at him instead of be scared. Good times haha. But we safely made it back to Siena and were in our little (and I really mean little) beds resting our heads by midnight : )
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