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	090605 An Exciting Time Indoors
	written by minhan / 09.07.2005

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Itinerary

Photo by Minh-An Nguyen

Italian Class

A day filled with asking questions and confusion as we try to find our way through Rome.

Photo by Minh-An Nguyen

What a beautiful day outside

The view from the Rome Center.

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Being Studious

A bunch of us at the Rome Center Library and Computer Lab.

September 6, 2005
An Exciting Time Indoors

We had Italian class in the morning. In the previous lessons, we had mastered the alphabet and saying our names, so now we were able to move on to directions! Our lesson included dialogues of finding our way through the city to various places. “Dov’e il Colesseo?” During our 20 minute break, we split into groups of two and asked locals direction to nearby places. It was hectic to try to understand all the directions and hand gestures. However, being able to talk to locals and practice what we just learned is amazing. What better way to learn a language! The classroom findings were that women tended to be more helpful than men but how true this is cannot be fully determined, the sample size was unfortunately very limited.

During siesta, after Italian class, many spent the time indoors. With occasional glances out the window of the Rome center of the beautiful sunny day, we were steadfast in our studies.

For dinner, many went to the Morgue (also known as the Pizzaria) to get traditional Roman Pizza, others went to try some bacala (fried cod, a roman specialty), and a few of us made some pasta in the campo apartments.

Overall, it was a short and relaxing school day.

Highlights

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Guest Speaker

Danielle shares her knowledge of Italy with us.

In the afternoon, we had a great guest lecturer. Danielle Pollock, UW Honors alumni, spoke to us about her life and her decision to stay in Italy after only planning to stay for a few weeks. She has gone through many interesting jobs, such as teaching English to working with an Israeli ambassador. Now she has just written a shopping guide of many places in Rome that sells and makes traditional roman things. There is one place where four to five old men make handmade shoes that can cost up to 2,400 euros. The overall talk was very laid back; we talked about Italian social culture, economics and even politics. We even learned some Italian slang which I will refrain from writing down here.

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