I have spent the past two weeks in Arezzo, Italy and I am getting to know the town much better now. I can walk around without constantly having my map out which is a big step forward. There is a big tournament happening next weekend and my neighborhood is decorated in green and red flags and streamers. It's so much fun to see the citizens of Arezzo coming together and getting ready for the joust this weekend. I'm really looking forward to attending the celebration and getting to experience some true Arezzo history.
This weekend I went to Cinque Terre and Turin with my friends Ayanna, Pablo, and Evan. The trip was so much fun. We went and saw all 5 cities of Cinque Terre in three days and spent one day walking around seeing Turin. For those who don't know, Cinque Terre is a collection of five cities along the Northern coast of Italy. They are beautiful and you can actually walk to all five cities. We didn't have enough time to walk between them all so we took the train but is was still an incredible experience.
We also went to the church that the Shroud of Turin is in and we saw the Egyptian Museum. The Museum blew my mind. There were so many artifacts and they had a few mummies on display that they are working on conserving. When I went into the room with all the Egyptian statues I just wanted to stay there forever. It felt like I had traveled back in time to the Egyptian period. I LOVED that museum. There is so much to do in Turin and I wish we had more time to see the sights but we had a lot of fun.
Now I am back in Arezzo and I'm entering my third week of being here in Italy. I am finally settling into a regular schedule. I have class in the morning and I just started my internship today. It is the neatest little place. Arezzo Factory houses some rooms for people to take classes and they also have music rooms. They offer Japanese and Nursing classes and you can rent rooms to practice music like guitar, piano, drums, and so on. It's a new experience having to work with people who do not speak much English but it is going to be so rewarding in the end. The people who work there are so nice too. When I was waiting for my supervisor one of the guys who works in the caffe asked me who my favorite music artist was having trouble finding the music I said so he pulled up some Dave Matthews Band and played it over the speakers. I couldn't help but smile. This internship is going to be challenging and so much fun. They want me to plan an event so I will most likely be hosting an event in October. The pressure is on!
That's all for now. I hope to write again soon but who knows, life is about to start getting crazy!
Ciao!
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