ROMA. i came. i saw. i got crunk.

ciao ciao everyone! sorry for the delay! the internet here is very lame. well the past few weeks have been a blur. the last weekend before school ended me and two of my roommates went to Rome and stayed w/a family friend. it was so hot there. we saw the colosseum and they had "real" vikings. they were fun. and then we went to go see the vatican and st. peter's basilica. it was amazing! we tried to go in but by the time we were there the lines were filled with tourists... on the way home we went to pisa and saw the leaning tower. personally, i think it was worth the effort of getting there. its crazy to see the comparison to the church it stands nexts to. you can tell how much its leaning.
so the last week of school was actually the best time ive had there. the whole time we worked on making our garment that we designed the week before out of 5 t-shirts they gave us. its amazing to see how many different looks were presented on the last day made out of the same material. that night the school had a farewell party for everyone. me and the roommates had a family dinner at our dorms then we went to go say goodbye to our favorite bar. :( shout outs to leo, gabby, victor and pepe! it was sad to see everyone go. it felt like the last day on the real world where everyone leaves two at a time. we all got really lucky to be fortunate to meet each other and be able to get along so easily. i miss you girls!!!
ok so now that elsie is here (yay!) we're in salzburg, Austria. but we're on our way to vienna. salzburg was very pretty. we saw where mozart lived and where the sound of music was filmed. the hostel was very comfy and the beer was cheap! well gotta go catch the train! auf wiedersehen!!!!!!!!!

pictures part 2

here's some pictures of my school, the cafeteria, really cool school bathroom sink, and then a picture of my roommates and two other girls at happy hour...i think i had too many mojitos.... :)

today is the last day of class! woooohooo! the project wasnt hard at all but it did make the week go by fast. the teacher was better but i'm tired of coloring and collaging so im glad we get a 3-day weekend. me and another roommate, alyssa, are going to go to Lake Como. i heard its really beautiful and only about an hour bus ride away. we're only gonna go for the day becuz we gotta save up for later! the other girls are going to paris or venice. i think i'll start plannin on goin to Florence next weekend... so have a great weekend! and if you miss me too much you can call me @ 39-011-335-6410. and remember theres a 9 hour difference!  thankyoubye

pictures!

ok here are some pictures! theres one when i arrived at malpensa airport....theres my room/kitchen/dining room.....and then theres my bathroom w/ a bidet...and some random other random pictures.....exciting! ill try to load up pictures of my school and roommates soon!

cinque terre

i just came back from cinque terre! it was beeeeeeauuutiful.  i have to wait till school to upload pictures..... me and my roommates went for the weekend and it was fun. the water was clear and refreshing. there was no waves but you can swim forever. there were speedos and boobs.  wacka wacka.... i like the country side wayy better than milan's city life.  cinque means 5 and i think terre means lands. so there were 5 little cities along the coast. we went to montrosso where the beach was and we also went to vernazza which was also very beautiful. the picture to the left is vernazza. 

boo

ciao. im sorry but i have to rant about italy for a little bit. i seriously need bug repellant and school is so lame. i expected more for the price. the class has been super boring and everyone has been either falling asleep or doodling in our sketch books. the whole time the teacher has been talking about africa and "what is africa?" and how she's obsessed with wikipedia and how were supposed to "give back" to it. today after much complaints, she finally started talking about fashion in africa which was semi-interesting. she said she didn't want to talk about africa's designers because looking at art from africa would be more inspiring for the second week of class where were making mood boards. (mood board= a poster size collage of a certain idea with sketches and swatches and fashion figures.) she thought talking about the designers would be boring.......uhhh.......i thought i was in a fashion class???? no sense. and her assistant is a little off.  so the main coordinator for the courses came in and talked to the class about what was wrong. after we told her that we didnt understand how this related to fashion, she then began to lecture us on how the theory of africa should be understood before anything else. fashion comes from society and its behavior in the world. i get that but for a beginning fashion course you learn about the concepts and different aspects of fashion while watching and seeing shows and photos and the history behind it.  i dunno...maybe actually sketching or playing with fabric swatches or the different jobs fashion has to offer? ok done...whew we'll see how next week is with a different teacher (who is by the way a little crazy :/) oh well thankyoubye