Eventful. That can really encompass this weekend. So originally the plan was to go to Cinque Terre and all that and then at the last minute, the oh so fantastic Beth DeFelici in the student life office, came to the aid of the first - years and I and set us up with a hotel in Chiavari. The cool thing about Chiavari is that it is where my family originates from and still lives today.
We got a cheap train and it left at 8:30 from Santa Maria Novella station. We booked it to the train and made the trek to Chiavari. We made it there around midnight after an eventful train trip of goofy pictures, fast food, and overall chaos. When we arrived at the hotel, the woman was really sketchy and informed us that the price to stay had doubled for two nights. We therefore decided that it would be economically best to leave Saturday night. Anyhow, to close out the night we watched Young Frankenstein in mine, Alaina, Emily, and Chandini's room. Most of us passed out until we were so rudely awakened by the multiple trains that came through - since it was right next to the station. Rough night.
Anyhow, we stayed in bed til probably ten. I decided to take a really big leap and call my relatives, Filippo and Clara, who live in Chiavari. They don't speak a word of English. It was very interesting to call them up and essentially say, "Yo. I'm your cousin. I'm in Chiavari. Let's chill." It worked. They came and got me and took me around Chiavari for the afternoon. I got to see this market that only happens once a month. It was pretty cool. They had friends who run a table at the market and I got to help them sell stuff! I walked around with Filippo a bit and he showed me some of the cool sites while Clara bought the bread and pasta for lunch.
We went back to the house and I got to see all pictures of my family and stuff it was really cool. Oh, and as a side note to all of this, they don't speak English. At all. Good stuff, huh? At any rate, Clara made pesto pasta for lunch - delish. It was accompanied by some meat thing that I really couldn't name, salad, fruit, and ice cream. Way too much. She gave me more pasta than her and Filippo combined. Slightly absurd. They took me back to the hotel after a great afternoon.
I met up with everyone else on the beach and hung out there for a little while. It was really nice and the water was the perfect temperature. Some of us got gelato and others just chilled. We sat on the boardwalk and watched the sunset. Caught the train and headed home to Florence. Good trip.
Sunday I stayed home all day and did homework, laundry, and read Watchmen, which Rach gave me before I left. I recommend it if you haven't read it already.
Today was long with class and stuff. Meetings and what not. Went to Masaccio with Aviva for lunch. It was funny because we were trying to figure out what to order and there was an option, number 19, that said that there was (basically) ham, lettuce, and Switzerland. It was just goofy - we were both scared to try it but who knows, maybe a future endeavor. After lunch, we went to the Supermarket which was a fun little adventure.
I skipped out on the comedy work shop today because I was doing a bunch of other things. Got some homework to do tonight. Not too much though. Just wanna take it easy. It's pouring here. Yippy kye ay for getting soaked on the way home.
Odio piove.
( I hate rain. )
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