Paris

This past week, I had the great opportunity to go with my classmates on a school trip to Paris. We stayed for 5 days, and had an incredible time seeing all the sites and enjoying a week of break. We had the chance to visit The Louvre, one of the most amazing places in the world, The Eiffel Tower, The Arc du Triomphe and the Notre Dame, as well as enjoying the beautiful museums and streets of Paris. Definitely a place I'd love to see again!

Snow

This past Friday, it snowed in Cagliari for the first time in around 17 years. It was such a big deal that teachers were releasing their classes so that the students could go outside and "enjoy" the snow (it all melted the moment it touched it ground). There certainly wasn't a need for snow plows or anything but it was cause for celebration for everyone else. I just nodded my head and said "yep, that's cool", as we are more than used to snow in South Dakota. Ten minutes later the students came back in complaining about how cold the snow was. Shocker. Not so great is it? Turns out there was a lot more snow up in the mountains so my host family wanted to drive up and see it.

Cross-Country

I had a cross-country on Feb. 9th, and it was a cold, rainy and wet day but that makes for a much more interesting race. I placed 3rd in my race. Here are some photos of the crazy morning...

Music

I was very surprised when I arrived to hear American music on the radio. Though they don't usually know the words or what the song even means, Italians really enjoy American music, and know every artist on the airwaves in America. Because they're so familiar with our music, they were really surprised to hear that I didn't know any of the Italian musicians. One artist I've started to like here is Tiziano Ferro. Other than that, the songs on the radio are split basically half-American and half-Italian. I also find it difficult not to laugh when classmates or friends are trying to sing an American song and don't know the words, so they just make up sounds!