The ladies came up to our room at 6.30am - and i must admit I was worried I'd miss my alarm and sleep though it, so I woke up just about every hour from 3am! It was really nice hearing them talk to their families...but I'm not the best person after an early morning! Irene had a chat with her family in 3 places in Australia...hilarious to watch!
We had breaky and then went to class for a 9am start. We did 2 hours of language....which was all about the lexicon used by young people. Had great fun doing some of the exercises, but I must admit that I did know more of the 'vulgar' ones and not the less strong versions!
After that 2 hour class, we had a short break and I grabbed a caffe again at the local bar. Loving it! I also had some salatini, which are so lovely, and stopped my tummy from rumbling too much!
Our second 2 hours class was grammar - the main focus for this was pronouns. We've done these in class with most students (io, tu, lui, lei, noi, voi, loro) and this was quite basic. We then got more advanced, talking about reflexive pronouns (mi, ti, si,ci, vi, si) and then direct and indirect pronouns. Super fun!
I was quite happy with all of this as it's something that I was taught very well to begin with :)
Our lunch break came as a great relief after all those lessons. The food was amazing (again) and we even managed a glass of wine!
Our entree was cream of asaparagus and potato soup, followed by a lovely chicken on the bone with olives and tomatoes. All ended with 2 shots of coffee. I think I'll be immune to caffeine by the time I get home :)
In the afternoon we had a lesson with the director of the university - and there were some great lesson ideas and we did some exercises that were actually very hard. It took us a while to get through them - and now we have some to do for homework.
After the lesson, I walked through the old centre and through to a supermarket called 'Dico' which has cut-price goods and homebrand items. We got some wine, meats, cheese and other nibbles and took them home.
From tehre, we had lots of people from the group come up, share some wine and food and then go. Was a lovely evening and when it came around to bed time, I was really suprised to see it was 11pm! My latest night so far.
Went to sleep like a baby
Miss A
Challenge - give me a sentence with a reflexive verb....and make it a decent sentence...not using the translate function!
Immune to caffeine? Does that mean we can have espresso martinis when you get back? :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, and the expression "sleep like a baby"... Lets use "like a log" instead... your baby god-daughter has the talent of screaming like a banshee for hours on end...
ReplyDeleteThis travelogue is taking on the appearance of a menu again!! Mind you the food looks amazing and the photos definitely do it justice!!
ReplyDeleteHi Miss Angel,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your engagement and on, becoming a godmother (very funny post about baby Esther screaming like a banshee, I like that but feel for the parents!!)
Your blog is very similar to Molly's and seems to revolve around food your both making me very jealous and thinking I must save up for a trip to Italy soon :) Julie ( Molly's mum!)
Thanks Julie....what's Molly's site name?
ReplyDeleteTalei, Esther just misses me :) hope you're enjoying being mum. I'm missing being there xxx
Dad, the food is amazing, and it's not very interesting taking photos in the classroom!!
http://molly-europeanadventures.blogspot.com.
ReplyDeleteHope that works :)