June 1, 2012 (Originally Posted June 5)
Ciao! So after Venice yesterday, I was exhausted. Not to mention I was dehydrated because I was afraid to use up my toilette passes. Somehow I left Venice without using either of them because I only went once, and got to use the free toilette inside the Gallerie delle'Accademia.
So after we missed the high-speed train back to Verona, Peter, the professor, did a spectacular job of securing us seats on the next train. Unfortunately it was a commuter train, and so it took us twice as long to make the trip, and we didn't arrive back until after 10pm. We were lucky that the bus stopped right across from our apartment/pizza shop, so we didn't have to walk far in the dark. I went to bed almost immediately, and slept for a whopping TWELVE hours. Yeah. I was tired.
I woke up after 11:30, and had just enough time to shower, get ready, eat something, wash the dishes and take the trash to the street (the dumpsters are in the street) before running to class at 1pm. Class was more interesting than usual, and my professor, Jessica, includes slightly different facts this semester than last.
So tomorrow is a national holiday here in Italy, and most of the shops and markets will be closed. Because of this, and because Julia and I were running low on food in the apartment, a bunch of us (about half the class) made the rounds to stock up for the weekend.
FRESH PASTA
fruit market
grocery store-snack bars and pear juice!
bakery-strawberry swiss roll
blogged a little bit, wore my new glass barrette,
cooked pasta with Jessica downstairs. strawberries for dessert
Finally learned the names of the other 18 students! It took me a week, but I'm still doing better than Pat, who despite sitting next to me on the plane, still calls me Jessica.
