it's been a while

Well, it seems like tomorrow may be the start of a busy, busy month. This semester is already going by so quickly, and it seems like it'll be over so soon!

Some updates:

Siena: Siena was really nice, it was a great break from Rome. Meghann and I had a few minor difficulties, like finding where to buy bus tickets, finding the hostel, and finding out that we had to call someone to check into our hostel (which then started a hunt for phone booths...). It seemed cleaner, quieter, and friendlier than Rome, though, and we got to use the little Italian skills that we have when we got asked directions. The Duomo there was an incredibly decorated piece of architecture, the Piazza il Campo a nice resting place, and the Facciatore a great place for a beautiful view. We got some chinese food for lunch on Monday, which tasted really good not because it was great chinese food, but more because it was a different texture than we'd eaten in a while...

Etc: Just finished the Primo Angeli workshop last week.. worked with Meghann, Becky, and Kate to redesign tuna packaging... Primo was funny because he was always muttering and getting off track, and it's a good thing his wife was there to remind him what he was doing all the time...

Oded Ezer is next week, and I'm quite excited!

Meghann and I went to a place near Campo dei Fiori that has falafel, and it was probably the best food (or close to it) that I've had here so far.

Went to dinner with Kate and Meghann, we had a funny waiter, and definitely need to start eating out more.

Erin made meatloaf for apartment dinner this week, quite the adventure with the oven.. most meat I've had in the past month and a half.

Went to Assisi this past weekend, very cute town, great view from the top. Why can't we have mountains and quiet and green in Rome, too?

The future: Meghann and I booked tickets to go to Stockholm and Oslo after the north field trip (Switzerland!).. it was a little bit of an impulsive decision, but we'd talked about going somewhere a little bit more outlandish, and actually, tickets were pretty cheap. It'll be interesting for sure, and we won't get a ton of time in each place, but hopefully it'll be fun. Gotta stock up on some cooler weather clothing, though..

Also, things are starting to get super super busy.. tomorrow morning, we leave for the south field trip to Naples and Pompeii, then staying in Sorrento a couple days (maybe going to Capri or the Amalfi Coast?). When we get back, we have a quick project to do before our typography workshop with Oded Ezer. Then, I fly to Venice to spend the weekend with my parents, then train to Florence, and I'll spend a day or two there with my parents and/or Andrew.

My weekends from now until forever (or so it seems) are pretty booked up, and I also have to make sure I stay on track with class work (even though we don't have class that often). It's crazy that apparently we only actually have five or so weeks in 470 that we actually have class before our project is due, and that does not seem like much time at all. Where did all this time go?