It started on Monday. One of my classes on Monday night brought homemade chocolate cake and tiramisu for another student's onomastico (name day). We can always have a party! :) The student who brought the tiramisu actually thought that it was my birthday so he wanted to make it special for the teacher. He, a 14/15 year old, made the tiramisu by himself and brought candles as well! I informed him that my birthday was in April and that he can make me tiramisu then! :) It was cute. We shared the left over cake with the other classes so the whole school was celebrating!
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| The chocolate cake |
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| Tiramisu |
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| My dinner :) |
On Wednesday, I went to Naples for the annual Trinity conference/workshop for teachers. I realized how much I had grown since a year ago. I went from being the uninformed, clueless person to the expert. Not in terms of the conference but in terms of living life in Italy. I was so nervous last year as to how I would get the train and find the hotel where the conference was being held. But this year, I didn't plan and just winged it. I now know the train system so I had no problems or worries. I made it to the hotel with plenty of time to spare and instead decided to wander around until the conference started. I went back towards the train station, treated myself to a sfogliatella for breakfast and then proceeded to the English section of the bookstore. I browsed the books until I came to one I wanted to buy. Then I went to the counter where I presented my bookshop membership card and purchased my book. It felt good treating myself. I should do this more often :)
I went to the conference and listened to the moderators. Nothing new since last year. Since I had gotten up extra early to go to the conference I decided to leave after the first half. I knew I had to leave early since I had to go to work so it made sense to leave when I did. As I was entering the train station, I saw a train leaving in 2 minutes. I still had to buy my ticket and saw the huge line at the tobacco shop. I thought, "oh well, I'll catch the next one even if it isn't for another hour." After I bought my ticket, I looked again and the train was still there, so I ran to the platform and jumped on the train. It was my lucky day! I got home and managed to take a nap before work. :)
On Thursday, I was told that I looked slim from the lady where I pay rent, always a good way to start your day. Then in the evening, I went out with a couple of students. We went to a lounge/bar and chatted for what seemed like hours. I think we had a good time :)
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| Our beverages...while we chatted all evening! |
On Saturday, I had a couple of lessons in the morning and then had lunch with Ipolita. We had thunderstorms all day and night. I stayed home and made vegetable soup for dinner and watched a movie. I went to bed knowing that I would get an extra hour of sleep since Italy changed its clocks last night!
