So this is a little bit insane
Jul. 12th, 2004 07:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nigeltdeHoly shit.
So, my grandma comes from Latina in Italy. She's a member of the Lazio Club over here and every now and then they send members over to Italy, all expenses paid, for whatever the hell reason, I don't know. She went on one a couple of years ago. A few weeks back, she found out that grandchildren are also eligible so we sent in my application. And I figure it ain't gonna happen because there are only two tickets for Adelaide.
But it happened and I got a ticket. So unless they kick me off the plane because my Italian is so atrocious, in a couple of weeks I'm apparently going to Italy for a month, all expenses paid. How crazy is that? And it'll be one week into the new semester, too, but seeing as most of my courses are is literature-based with an essay mid- and end semester I think I'll be able to get by with just the readings. Also my cousin may or may not be going, there is some confusion on that point. There are apparently kids from all over the world going. I think we'll be staying in Florence (Florence!) with trips into the country and I have to spend some time in a school but apart from that I have no idea what else is happening or if I get to go around by meself, I have to wait for more info.
It still has to sink in and I'm actually kind of ambivalent about it atm - like, I have to go all the bother of hauling my ass around organising it, and how am I gonna get on the net, and how am I gonna relearn Italian in three weeks, but I expect to stop looking like a stunned mullet any time now.
So, my grandma comes from Latina in Italy. She's a member of the Lazio Club over here and every now and then they send members over to Italy, all expenses paid, for whatever the hell reason, I don't know. She went on one a couple of years ago. A few weeks back, she found out that grandchildren are also eligible so we sent in my application. And I figure it ain't gonna happen because there are only two tickets for Adelaide.
But it happened and I got a ticket. So unless they kick me off the plane because my Italian is so atrocious, in a couple of weeks I'm apparently going to Italy for a month, all expenses paid. How crazy is that? And it'll be one week into the new semester, too, but seeing as most of my courses are is literature-based with an essay mid- and end semester I think I'll be able to get by with just the readings. Also my cousin may or may not be going, there is some confusion on that point. There are apparently kids from all over the world going. I think we'll be staying in Florence (Florence!) with trips into the country and I have to spend some time in a school but apart from that I have no idea what else is happening or if I get to go around by meself, I have to wait for more info.
It still has to sink in and I'm actually kind of ambivalent about it atm - like, I have to go all the bother of hauling my ass around organising it, and how am I gonna get on the net, and how am I gonna relearn Italian in three weeks, but I expect to stop looking like a stunned mullet any time now.
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Date: 2004-07-12 04:10 am (UTC).....how am I going to do without you for a whole month? You better figure out a way to get on the net, cos I expect daily emails :p
Seriously, that is brilliant! I'm sure you'll have a great time; it's Italy for chrissakes!
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Date: 2004-07-12 07:37 am (UTC)I am so jealous right now.
This is me seething. This is me seething with jealousy. *seethe seethe seethe*
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Date: 2004-07-12 11:47 pm (UTC)And I survived Italy, even though the most Italian I speak is "spaghetti". Florence is *glorious*, you'll love it. Make sure you wander along all those little cobbled streets that used to be a coliseum - you can tell by the way they curve. And look for the old Medici seals over some of the doors. And if you're reasonably fit and not claustrophobic at all, climb the Duomo - the view is sensational. And check out the doors of the church directly opposite - the brasswork on them is one of the first known perfect perspective works.
/takes a breath
Just have fun, dude ;-)
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Date: 2004-07-15 03:07 am (UTC):) I promise to buy you billions of cool stuff when i finally make it over to dear europe. *sigh*