Last weekend was alright, didn't go anywhere because I was feeling really sick from Saturday on but managed to get mostly better by the time classes started Tuesday.
Wednesday, for San Petronius, me and a couple other students went with the director and his family to mass at a Jesuit church in the basement which was a really interesting experience. The basement was all white rock with arches and other stuff carved into it and lit with candles. We were the only people there so it was a very intimate setting and a really nice service. Afterwards, we went out for the best dinner I've had yet. It was 35 euros for the full 4-course meal (subsidized by the college down to 23 euros each and they bought us our wine). First they gave us a ton of fresh baked bread (almost like zeppoli/funnel cake without the sugar), italian cold cuts (mortadella, cow brain, prosciutto cotto/crudo) and some type of cheese that was similar to mozzarella that doesn't really exist outside of Bologna. Then three different types of pasta and lasagna, followed by chicken topped in prosciutto and a thick layer of parmesean, then a "Stinco" (full pig leg barely hanging onto the bone, tastes like pulled pork but salty instead of BBQ), and finally tiramisu.
After dinner we all went to see the fireworks in the main plaza right over the statue of Neptune. Very cool.
Since our teachers are liars when they say they want us to get to experience the Italian culture fully like the Italians do (the Bologna students get of the day of San Petronius off to celebrate and don't have tests the day after), we had classes on Wednesday and had a test Thursday morning at 10, so our night ended after the fireworks while the Italians prepared for the biggest night of festivities of the year. Oh well.
Thursday the test went well, then spent the rest of the day memorizing a speech I had to give in Italian the next day at Teatro Farnese on Teatro Farnese. That's about all I did.
Friday we went to Parma which, again, is a great city. While giving the presentation, a spectator decided to watch us in the theater. Turns out, he is the director of one of the operas currently playing at Teatro Farnese, and since he liked our groups presentations offered all of us free tickets and backstage passes to a show later this month which should be really fun. We also went to a tiny art museum.
After the presentations we went out to lunch and walked around a bit before going home. Friday night and Saturday night we went out. Saturday was a girl from the dorm's birthday so we went to a bunch of different places and had a good time.
Sundays have been more fun recently now that I have a good NFL streaming site.
Today, explored the city by myself a bit. Think I may have found a place to by myself a really cheap used bike so I can stop making the 15-20 minute walk to the center of the city everyday.
Currently I'm trying to book my flight to Dublin. Barcelona in two weekends should be exciting.
Now, pictures:
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| Irish Pub Saturday |
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| Weird jacked babies in Parma art museum |
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| Teatro Farnese |
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