First Week of Classes

This week was our first week of real classes. On Monday and Wednesday, I have Italian 350 at 10:30, Literature and the City at 1:30 and Never Give In! Fascism, Anti-Semitism and Resistance in Italy at 3:30. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I have Managing Fashion and Luxury Companies at 9:00 and Communication and Media in Milan at 11:00. Each of the classes are two hours long (minus Italian, it is only 1.5 hours). Two hour classes can be quite long, but luckily we have a 10 minute break in some and one of them ends 15 minutes early. The Italian class is pretty good, but not too exciting. The Literature class is a little slow so far, but it should be very interesting because throughout the course, we are going to go on walking tours of the city in order to explore the literature throughout the history of Italy. The communication class also seems like it will pick up in interest, as it is a little slow right now. We are going to have a couple of field trips throughout the course such as a trip to a set of a tv show and a trip to where they run the famous Corriere della Sera newspaper. The history class is about a very important time in the history of the world and I think learning the history from the Italian side should be very cool and add a whole new perspective. Last, but not least, would be the fashion class. So far, it has actually been very interesting and sounds like it should teach us a lot about the fashion/luxury industry and how those companies run they way they do. Also, we are going to visit the Swarovski factory which should be pretty cool. One of our professors (we have two) worked there for 18 years and knows a lot about the industry. As for this weekend, I believe that we are staying here in Milan again. We are planning some pretty big trips so it is a safe way to save money for those future adventures. Sorry for no pictures at the moment, but there just hasn't been a whole lot to photograph. It has been very cold lately. Somehow colder than at Bowdoin. I thought I was escaping that Bowdoin winter, but by some chance, Italy has had the coldest weather since maybe 50 years. I was elected by my class to be a part of the student council here so that is pretty cool. In our first meeting, we arrived to a whole spread of pizza and salad and drinks. It was fun. I think that we are going to have a very good group. Also, I had a skype interview for an RA job at Bowdoin. It was great to talk to somebody back at Bowdoin. I do miss it. (Although I wouldn't trade this experience for anything in the world) Other than that, life is perfect.