September 13, 2010

  • On this day...

    On this day (September 13th) four years ago I flew to Venice airport and then travelled to Trento to begin my Erasmus experience! Mum came with me to help me bring out some extra stuff. We had fun staying the night in the most awful hotel in Mestre and then got the lovely little 3.5 hour stopping train first thing in the morning. It was good fun... I remember arriving in Trento and meeting my buddy, who took me to the wrong flat and left me there. I remember being totally confused and frustrated by the whole university system and the registration process. I remember being generally terrified! Still, 9 months later and I didn't want to leave...

    Then, on the 15th September 2009, a year ago in 2 days' time, I returned :) . This time I flew to Verona airport and got the train to Brescia, on my own this time. My landlady's husband was supposed to meet me at 5pm or something outside the flat. I eventually managed to get in touch with him and he arrived at gone 7pm. I spent those two hours standing outside the front door with all my luggage... oh there have been some real joys arriving in Italy!!

    Still, after another fantastic Italian experience, I'm still here... can't believe it's only 2 days off being a whole 12 months since I moved in to this flat!
    Only 9 days now until I move to the new place. Hopefully finding the right place and getting into it won't be like either Trento or Brescia!!

    The concert last night was fantastic. I'm so glad I went. I realised that I haven't been to enough classical concerts like that since I graduated. I used to try and go to all the university concerts, and others, as often as I could, but haven't done so since then really. I'll have to make a point of searching out opportunities in Udine as it is definitely something which makes me happy!!  The Teatro Grande really is magnificent inside. I did take some photos but I took them without flash and they haven't come out that well (blurry etc), so I won't upload them. But I was so glad to make it inside before leaving! 

    Just for fun... a couple of weeks ago I left my house, went round the corner to Piazza Loggia and was confronted by this giant crocodile. I actually found it quite terrifying!! Just glad it wasn't a snake..!