Ciao tutti! I cannot believe it has already been a week since my last post! Our days are packed here at the Bible school and there is always something to be doing! The picture above is of the Italian language class we attend in Florence at the Lorenzo Di Medici Scuola. Our teachers are Michela (the red head) and the man on the very left in white, Enzo. Michela teaches grammer from 9am to 10:40ish am. Then we get a 20 min break for a caffe or snack and we meet back at 11am for conversational class with Enzo. Other than our 6 from the Bible Scuola, there are 4 other students in our class. Two, Anne Marie and Soloman, are from The Ivory Coast in Africa and speak French. I very much enjoy talking with Marie and practing my ever present French. This is terrible, but for some reason, when I am trying to speak Italian, especially in times when I have no idea what to say, or how to respond, all that comes to mind is Francaise!!! I cannot tell you how many times I have actually said the french word instead of the italian. Just the other day I ment to ask what is this?? in italian, but i asked instead in Francaise!! the scary part: I didnt even realize it! ha. When confronted with Italian, I'm begining to think my brain simply transfers and responds in the only foreign language it does know, French. ANyways, there are many times when it is useful. In class when Anne Marie needs something explained, new vocab or new verbs, aux Francaise, I am happy to help. The other two students are Vietnamese: Haun and Tien.
Funny story about Haun. We were learning how to ask one's preference. We were discussing music at the time and we asked Huan what type he prefered. He first answered American Country Music. After this we were intrigued and asked who his favorite American Country Music singer was. Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Rascal Flatts??? He answered loud and clear....Britney Spears! ha. Of course, American Country Britney Spears! =) We had our first test this past Friday the 17th, and I think it went well. Speaking of Friday the 17th, here is an interesting tidbit,- this is equivalent to our Friday the 13th.
We also had a "field trip" this week with our Italian School. We had to sign up last week and we were excitingly awaiting Wednesday to come! The trip was to visit the Boboli Gardens behind the Pitti Palace. The Pitti Palace dates back to the 1450's and was originally owned by Luca Pitti, a wealthy Florentine banker. Later in 1540's it was bought by the Medici family and became a great tresure house for paintings, jewlery, and possessions.
The Garden is very large and took us a couple of hrs to walk/wonder through and see. It was beautiful.
What else? Thursday night, we had a registration night at the Bible Scuola for our English lessons! We had some 40+ in attendance! Debbie cooked some wonderful deserts (including an original peach/pear cake that is to die for!) and we also made coffee, tea, and lemonaide for the guests to enjoy! This was a blast. The night began around 8:30p and lasted until 11 or 11:30ish! It was truly refreshing to see the excitement in the Italians! They were so positive and happy to be present. Already we are making so many new friends! You may be wondering, and right fully so, where are the photos?? Neither I, nor Ryan (the other "photographer of the group"), took a single picture! We both realized it after the fact and couldnt believe it. We were just so busy talking to and getting to know our future students that photographing the event wasn't even in mind!
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