26 gennaio

Weekend Update! Friday was so much fun. Kelsey and Katie (who live next door to me) invited me out on Friday night and I decided to come last minute. What a good decision. We hopped on a bus to our friend Megan's and had a quick drink at a pub near her apartment. We then headed down to Piazza Vittorio to the Murrazi area. Murrazi is a strip along the river Po which is basically discoteca after discoteca. As fun as it was, it seems like it would be a gigantic party when the weather is warm and people can dance and drink outside. We hopped from one to another and danced up a storm. My favorite one was called Alcatraz and played my favorite American jams (i.e. Bad Romance, Tik Tok, Sexy Chick). Another bar we hopped into was called Ole Madrid and played saucy tunes (and gave us free shots). With our sore little feet we walked back to the bus stop around 3am. Side note: No one really came to the bars until 1, so next time we need to plan better for maximum energy. We got to the bus stop and since the night bus only comes once an hour we waited pitifully in the cold for another hour. I finally made it home at 4:45am. I was very very cold and my feet were cramped from my 4 inch booties but I had the time of my life and can't wait to go back.

On Saturday I slept in a bit and headed to the open market at Porta Palazzo around noon. Someone told me its the largest European Open air market. I didn't buy anything for myself but I bought my dad a soccer jersey for 5 euro (if anyone wants one let me know!). Then I went to the Lingotto for hot chocolate. Hot chocolate is a heavenly experience here. It is really thick like syrup almost, very delicious. Saturday night I stayed in with friends and kept it low key.

Sunday I worked on my internship blog. My job is to take pictures of people and their various outfits on campus. Then I interview them, write up a post, and make inspiration outfits. I finished two out of the five I have to do for this semester. My first one will be post Feb. 6th on collegefashion.net so look out for that! Drew and I ventured downtown to check out McDonalds and Drew had his first fast food hamburger EVER! There were little booths on the street selling jewelry and I was temped to buy a Padre Pio bracelet. I will definitely come home with a fun piece of Padre Pio memorabilia.

So funny Sunday night story, I told Kelsey and Katie to come over to look at pictures from the discoteca. Katie shut the door behind her and forgot that Italian doors lock themselves. The girls were locked out and stayed on our lovely (read: icky) pull out couch. Yikes! Oh well it was a fun mini sleep over.

Yesterday it snowed and graceful ole me slipped and fell on the walk to school. Luckily my friend Daniel helped me the rest of the way so I only have 1 bruise on my tailbone. This morning I met my dad's friends Davide and Paola at Cafe Torino in Piazza San Carlo for breakfast. They were very silly and fun. It was nice to see familiar faces while in Italy. I also met their friend Sisi who lives in Torino and has kids my age. In the next few weeks I'll try to meet up with them and do various things around the city. I am really excited to meet Italian kids and I think it will help me learn the language here. It's a bit disappointing how easily you can get along here without speaking Italian. This weekend I am going to Milan and Madesimo with Paola and Davide. Madesimo is on the border of Switzerland and Italy so I will be skiing in the Alps. Davide and Paola also know teenagers there who can help me with my Italian and one of them is going to the States to study for a year.

So I am very excited about this weekend and I hope the rest of the week moves by fast. Tomorrow we are going back to the open air market in search of white shirts for a graffiti party at a local pub. More to come at the end of the week with some skiing stories!xox