Yesterday marked day 1 of my classes. I only had one class: Intensive Italian. The intensive refers to the fact that I will (hopefully) be learning Italian 1 and 2 in one semester. In the entire hour and 50 minutes I was there, my Professor spoke no English. It was somewhat of a struggle, but I think it will turn out to be the best way I can learn Italian.

Today I have my painting class, and another session of Italian. Tomorrow, my drawing class and Italian, and then Thursday I finish off my week with an on site class and Italian. My on site class is a class where we meet at different locations and learn about their historical significance. The class included a mandatory trip to Pompeii. Mandatory? Really? Who in their right mind would need someone to tell them a trip to Pompeii is MANDATORY. Not this gal, I'll tell you that much.

Not too much else is new except for the start of the amazing adventures of Christina and Katie in the kitchen. Katie (one of my roommates) has this cook book that we decided to have a look through. She showed me this prosciutto wrapped salmon that was cooked with fontina cheese and sage. We decided to try it out last night and in the end, it looked exactly like the pictures in the book! (Keep a look out for future pictures to see for yourself.) Tonight we're going to make a quiche. Partly to enjoy ourselves, but partly to teach Chelsea, our other roommate, how to cook something besides pasta with butter.