Last week we started classes though, and I love them all! We start off at 9am with an Italian class and Nada, our professor, is hilarious. "Ciao, oh Ciao!" She is so enthusiastic and I have already learned a great deal. Supposedly we will be going to a coffee shop sometime in the near future to practice what we've learned and put our Italian to good use! At 10:30am we have a cooking lecture with Marcella and she really knows her stuff! So far we have learned about the history of Italian cuisine and some of the speacial foods, such as truffles and olive oil! We then get a lunch break and continue on our way with the cooking lab! Pierluigi is my favorite of them all! He is hilarious and the food we make is delicious! His grammar is a little off so some of the things he will say just makes me laugh. We started off by making duck breast and have gone on to make complete meals practically everyday! Once we have filled our bellies with goodness, we head off to wine class where Massimo teaches us his way! We have 3 glasses of wine everyday and learn how to smell and taste them the proper way, and really appreaciate the beauty of Italian wine!
The classes fill our day, from 9-5pm and afterwards we are all exhausted. However, twice a week, monday and tuesday, I work at the Apicius restaurant, Ganzo. From 6-10pm, sometimes 11pm, a few of us will work front or back of the house serving the people or cooking the food! It's a great experience and my first time working in the kitchen last night was a blast. Max, the executive chef, and Nate, the American who finished studying and just couldn't leave, were hilarious together and really let you get hands on with the food! It's incredile and even though it is so tiring to be busy from 9am-11pm, it is certainly worth it!
This last weekend, the majority of the group went to Roma, and enjoyed a nice relxing weekend exploring the city! Seeing all the major sites, such as the colleseum, Vattican City, St. Peter, Sistine Chapel and more was so incredible. I still do not understand how they built the buildings they did during that time. Sunday morning Chef and I went to a nearby church and enjoyed listening in on an Itailan service. The church was amazing and beautiful, and hopefully gets a lot of donations for charity with all the money they put into it, but it was so neat seeing people from other countries, worshiping God, or so I think!
With only 2 1/2 weeks left of class, Venice this weekend, Parma the next, and Tuscany to follow that, the next few weeks are going to fly by! Hopefully I can write sooner than this last time!
Oh, and did I mention? Christopher Meloni is here taking some private lessons! I see him eating lunch everyday, sitting at the table next to him enjoying my sandwhich, while he is eating a 3 course meal! Kind of sad seeing all these star struck girls though, wanting pictures with him and trying to make small talk. You can tell there are times when he just wants to be left alone. So therefore, no, I have not talked to him or got my picture with him. Sorry! It's pretty random though!
Ciao!
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