Just saw Letters to Juliet with some high school friends at the mall... the whole movie is set in Verona "the city of love"... and follows a young, engaged girl and an old english woman who is looking for a lover she left in Italy 50 years in the past. Although the movie itself was pretty corny, the scenery and Italianessence made me miss it soooo much. I wish I could go back [and I probably never thought I'd wish that after the whirlwind of a semester that was had there]. Even just seeing Verona and Siena... two places we merely stopped at along the way... brought back memories of going to bars in the different piazzas and just walking around/ hanging out. I guess Jenni/Steve were right criticzing me for not going out more [even though I only got this message after our final in Roma...]. Looking back I do kind of wish I had spent some more euros and gone out more often. I enjoyed staying in and getting drunk off cheap wine early, getting a full night's rest, and waking up again for class... but I think it would have been much more out of character and much more rewarding had I broken out of that cycle and really just enjoyed being out in another country.... [oye me and my shyness/ timidness... I can be outgoing and friendly with people I am familiar with, but new situations and too many new people is really very frightening to me... especially because I sort of hate shorttalk and wasting my time on little trivial conversations]. Sooo I thought I'd start looking for some photos of Italy - even if they are just onliiiine - to remember some of the amazing places I have been:
Piazza Vittorio - Torino <3
[i ate at the restaurant with the tables set out!]
Piazza Vittorio again, Torino
Piazza & marketplace - Verona
Verona marketplace at night
Piazza del Campo - Siena
I'm a little bit sad these pictures suck so much... but these are some of the places I really miss. Torino, I think, will always be my favorite and have my best memories. I loved the first apartment we had there and the newness of it all. We also really settled in Torino and got underway with real life in Italy there. I think I also really enjoyed getting to know the people there - well not everyone haha aka definitely not Claudio - but Erika was extremely nice and it was great to meet someone from a different country that I could become friends with.
-c
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