the island we’re living on is incredibly gorgeous, though it really is a peninsula and been called an island for thousands of years. we are surrounded by open sea on two sides and a bay on one where the marina is and lots of pretty boats. just down the street from our school is the edge of the island and the sea, which is incredibly salty by the ( Read more... )

i am currently putting off doing my reading by killing time on the internet.

i want a big dinner at coco’s. for whatever reason. guess i’ll have to settle for an arancina, one of the local delicacies. or basically their version of fast food ( Read more... )

i cant believe that theres only a month left in our program. and ive kept up with my shows at home the whole time! go me ( Read more... )

So I guess I got pretty busy here, haven’t updated in a while. I guess now while I’m waiting for my pasta to boil I’ll write something down. This past weekend was the Palermo trip and it was... a whirlwind. We didn’t spend much time in the actual city of Palermo, and would have spent even less if we didn’t have to leave the beach early due to ( Read more... )

+++ Carpisa. I’m in love. Amazing purses for amazing prices. I should do their advertising ( Read more... )

Our field trip to Agrigento was quite a day. We got up early and took a three hour bus ride through Sicily. My favorite part? The stop at the Autogrill and my first pain au chocolat since I’ve been here. I’ve really been missing my chocolate croissant every day like at home and like I got used to in France ( Read more... )

So I don’t know if you know this, but me getting all dressed and showering and made up to go out to dinner and for drinks and ending up eating, I kid you not, *hot dog pizza* instead is pretty much the definition of hilarious ( Read more... )

I just had my first fully hot shower in a week, and even then I was lucky to get out before it turned to ice cold. But I’m not complaining, it’s seriously pretty great here. Especially now that I have a phone that works and can connect to the outside world. Internet is still being worked out, but this weekend is going to be massive resting time ( Read more... )

yaay new phone! its cooler than all everyone elses too. so yeah, same number as before. those of you to have the number call when you get a chance. id love to hear from people!

It’s been a couple days since I’ve had time to sit down and write, but my little siesta on Thursdays from 11:30 to 3:30 works perfectly. We’ve been really busy settling in and getting things organized and finding where the cheapest food is. Language class is good, tough but lucky in that I get to do some advanced study with the language that I ( Read more... )