3 weeks of school, 2 weeks of holiday.

easter break officially started on friday afternoon. one class in the morning - well, it wasn't a lesson, it wasn't quite a conversation - um - and then a free afternoon which was spent at jules' and david's apt. david made fried rice and chinese chicken noodle soup, sung made melt-in-your-mouth korean beef and naama made a sugary homemade apple and pear pie. it was nice and spring was in the air. a lazy, but very sunny saturday, was spent cleaning and packing - arina bought a bike and i got to ride on the back of it! a brave soul, she rode it all the way back from parma and through the streets of colorno. i am positive there will be tons of pictures in the near future!

PRIMA

so, in anticipation of our trip tomorrow, arina suggested making a greek dinner. she made a fantastic dish of chicken, roasted tomatoes, onions, lemon, green and black olives, white wine and topped with feta. we couldn't keep our fingers off the creamy feta and filled us with hungry eagerness at the thought of all the delicious greek food we would soon be consuming into our meat, cheese, and italian wine stuffed bellies. we invited david up as jules had already left to go back to belgium and so there we were, eating a greek meal, in italy, made by a dutch girl and eaten with a taiwanese boy and an irish/american girl (yes, i do have identity crisis issues.)

DOPO

sooo tomorrow arina and i are off on our first adventure together. we are leaving in the morning to catch the bus to parma then the train to rimini, at the southern tip of emilia-romagna along the coast. also known as italy's atlantic city. hmmm. it's a seaside resort town, with 15kilometers long stretches of beach but, it's a sunday night at the end of march - not quite peak season for tourists...did i mention our hostel is called jammin' party hostel? HA. then greece on monday! :)

it's awesome that italians like their religious holidays, but we've only been in school for not even 3 weeks and we already have 2 weeks off!! when does real life start?