Week 1 in Review

Ahhh! I love Italy! :) I'm so glad to be here! This past week at home has been an emotional rollarcoaster though. Like sometimes I'm just so happy to be here, then other times I'm so frustrated. So far I really like my family. They're so nice! Ugh...school on the other hand sucks. It's getting better though. So I didn't have to go to school until last Thursday, which was better than having to go on Monday. So all the exchange students came in late and met the principle. At Banzi there's 4 exchange students. 3 from Intercultura and 1 from a different program. (1 from Chile, 1 from Portugal, 1 from Austrailia, and me) So yeah the principal just went through the normal info and welcome and everything. So yeah...they finally took us to our classes...I was first. So I'm tempararly in the same class as Grazia and they were in English class(haha ironic) so yeah...the teacher though, isn't the best at speaking english! Like I'm not joking. So yeah I didn't understand anything any of the teachers said that day. I really haven't understood that much until today...which I understood some. Oh and I hate their schedule. I never know when I'm going to have what class. So Saturday I had 2 hours of math...yeah and I hate math. Then I had 2 hours of math again on Monday...and I had an hour today. Oh so yesterday and today have been very chaotic at school. Yesterday there was a public demonstration against the school with all the students and today in the classes they had a debate and signing petitions....yeah it's something about the govn't changing school stuff, and how it doesn't benift the students. So yeah...and it doesn't help that I don't know Italian. So yeah this week has been fun and crazy and new....but everything is starting to become routine. I love it here though so... :D I'm starting to make friends and hopefully I'll get to go out with them this weekend! (just have to ask the parents) So yeah :) I hope I learn italian soon so I can actually talk with people instead of just listening. I guess we'll just have to wait and see :)
Pictures:
1.)First day of school (Francisca, Paula, Me, Principal, a mom, Monique)
2.)An example of the architecture in Lecce.
3.)Yasman and I on the bus ride to the Puglia Region
4.)First meal in Italy
5.)AFS USA waiting in the airport in NY for the plane to Zurich.
6.)Parents and I when we went to the beach (Otranto)
7.)Church in Otranto
8.)Sisters and I in Otranto
9.)Francisca and I at our first Lecce area Intercultura meeting (we had a scavenger hunt in the center of the city)
10.)Statue of Sant'Oronzo (protecter of Lecce)