classes!

i just came back from a meeting with my program director, and i have (tentatively) chosen my courses for the semester! i will be taking:
-a course on italian theater that involves reading, analysis, AND acting that should count for an italian major requirement
-a course on contemporary european history that focuses on the effects of WWII, which will HOPEFULLY count as the european studies seminar i still need
-a course on european cultural anthropology that is actually two courses back to back, that will count as a european studies requirement

technically the history course started today, but i missed it. i'm going tomorrow, and i'm pretty nervous to walk into a classroom full of native italians and a scary professor.

my orientation class on grammar and culture ends wednesday and we have exams on friday, so that's one course down already! the history course ends in late march, and the other two end in early may i think. maybe late april. bologna university's schedule is pretty nebulous and i may never understand it.

when i return to MHC in the fall, i will only need to take one 300 level italian class and one other academic course. next fall may be the best semester ever. i'll probably take a couple extra easy courses that interest me to boost my GPA.

okay i'll stop blabbering about reqs now.

it snowed yesterday! that sounds pretty routine to all y'all at home, but it never, ever snows here. ever. gilberto was freaking out. i took a walk through town so i could watch it, and it was gorgeous and relaxing. the roads were absolutely empty and peaceful. i feel extremely lucky to have seen snow fall in italy!

i think i might take a little day trip this saturday to celebrate the end of my first set of italian exams. i plan on going to the city of merano so i can get a good look at the alps in winter. if that's too far or too expensive i might go to ferrara or parma instead.