Piano Piano. Due parole simplice. But proabably gli due molto imporante parole io have learned in my tre settimana living in Milano. Eccomi, io have finalmente made it to Milano e io sono all settled into my nuovo viva. This esperienza tutto has finalmente hit mi after settimane, e thankfully io mi sento molto a casa. Io sono getting used to gli swing of things and PIANO PIANO getting used to a tutto nuova culture e style di vita. This past ano has been such a hard, dificile journey that now Italy has actually happened and my dream has become a reality it has made adjusting to everything molto better e easier. Io have experienced alot in these past tre settimane io never thought io would ever do. Milano is absolutly amazing. Gli people are incredibly nice, gli comedia is molto buono, e even though gli hustle e bustle of gli città viva is all around me viva feels so relaxed. Io hope that feeling of just going with gli flow stays with me in gli months to come. Io feel incredibly lucky to have so much support from my wounderful host famiglia, they have been so caring, welcoming, and loving. INTECULTURAL couldn't have matched me with a better host famiglia. PIANO PIANO they are leaning off of inglese, and have started speaking more italiano with me. One of my biggest fears coming here was that my host familigia would only speak inglish with me and I would never learn italian, but thankfully thats not the case at all. The first cinque giorni they spoke mostly inglish just to explain things to me and to help me start to adjust to everything which was perfect, and last week they were very understanding when they realized they needed to speak mostly italian to me and then piano piano no inglish at all after the first month and a half. They have been slipping in little italian lessons here in there, any way to get me to learn more and more. Just last night the whole family sat around and watched Greys Anatomy in italian with inglish subtitles (not bad for an italian lesson eh?). Dani told me that when io copisco more lei wants to take Nene and io (look pappa I said nene and I instead of me and nene!!!) to the cinema. Oggi dani suprised me with a wounderful C.D by this popular italian artist named Jiovanni. Learning italian in song will be the most fun in my opinon, and Nene offered to help me translte the lyrics of some italian songs she likes. 

On weekends my family likes to get away from the città and enjoy casual relaxing days on lakes. Due weekends ago they took me to the wounderful Lago Dò Orta and we stayed there for a day and swam and enjoyed the peacefulness of Orta. Guidos parents have a casa just by the lake and a little peice of land right on the lake so we took full advantage of the caldo water, and the nice weather. 

Sei giorni a settimana. (Six days a week). This is what I will be enduring for the rest of the year at Insituto Virigilio Linguistico. Attending school six days a week from otto e cinque from tredici e diece (8:05-1:10). Thankfully the peers in my class are very nice, and I have started to make friends. The first day of school was very nerve racking but I built up all my courage and put myself out there and thankfully everything turned out fine. My teachers are very nice and understanding of the fact that I speak molto po italiano. Most of the teachers speak no inglish but my religion, italian, and of course inglese teacher speaks inglish. The classes I am taking are: Scienze 4 which is chemisry, Italiano, storia, religion, p.e, matematics... kill me now haha, inglese, and philosophy. I havent had any tests yet but my classmates tell me most of the tests will be oral test.. so this should be very interstante. I really like my religion class, the teacher is very nice and has a nice way of teaching the different view that people believe in. I also really like the italian teacher who teachers the level 4 students, I had her the first week before I got my semi final schedule and she was very nice. 

My friends Carolina (left) and Vanessa (right) from my school :)

My tre settimane here I have done alot of new interesting things that I could never do in Homer. For example last venerdi my host sister took me out to the town with two of her close friends. We got all dressed up and went to the center where there was large roman colums surrounding an area by a small church, and there, there were lots of people just casually hanging around and most were just sitting on the ground in their different groups. We walked to a bar nerby and ordered a drink and then went back to where the colums were and picked a spot and sat around and just talked for hours. It was very nice and laid back. I am so grateful I have come to a country where everyone is so nice. I have met so many nice people from all around milano, and all around italy. My host sister Nene took me to a party for her friend last weekend and I met some of her best friends shes known since she was little. They were all so fun to be around, I had a really great time getting to know everyone. 

           Girls Night Out

My family also loves to go by lake Como. Last Domenica my host mom took Nene and I to a small fair by Lake Como. The fair was very eco friendly, I felt like I was back in Homer all over again.

We once again returned by Lake Como yesterday when Dani, Nene, Lele, and I all celebrated Dani's brothers brirthday. It was a beautiful house right on the side of the Lecco Lake. Once I arrived I wanted to stay there for days. It was so beautiufl, peacful, and once again BEAUTIFUL! I really advice if anyone is to come to Italy in the future to go to Lecco for a day or two! 

The house that we stayed at. 

The part of the house that Michele (Dani's brother) lives at.

The view from the house. 

A small part of the family garden. So big and beautiful!

So to summarize life is very good here in italy! I havent felt so much homesickness but Nene told me that for her, last year in Gerorgia the first month was the easiest becasue there was so much to do and your always keeping yourself occupied, adjusting to a whole new culture but that the hardest time for her was the second and third month. I do really miss myrna though. My mamma told me that my dad has her on an insaine diet so it will be very interesting to see if she is still that scrawny, little fat bug when I get back. Having a dog here in Italy makes it easier though. Palu is one of the most smartest dogs I have ever met. He understnads italian perfectly, better than me. 

I have learned some very interesting sayings, but the most interesting once I have learned is In bocca lupo, as my host parents usually say. Which means good luck, but litterly translates to the wolves mouth. I have also started swiming again. As most of you know I havent swam for a couple years, but it feel very nice to get back into the habit. The pool I have started going to is called Milano Sporto Bacone. It is usually very crowded when I go so my host mom offered to show me the pool that is 50 meters wide! 

Domani Nene is taking me to a concert with her cousin. I don't know if you would call it a concert per say but its a very fameous dj in italy and he is playing his songs. So many new things I am going to experience, I cant even wrap my brain around everything.   

Another new experience I have opended myself up to if Caffe! I use to absolutly HATE it! but now I have found a special place in my heart for the black medicine :) My faviorte is a cappacino, but my host parents usually make espressos twice a day. Its a nice pick me up when my brain is fried from trying to learn the language all day. 

I hope all your lives are going smoothy! If any of you ever want to write me heres my address for mail: 

Via Martiri Oscuri, 10, Milano Italy 20125. 

I will be getting a WHATSAPP for texting soon. So if ou would like to get a hold of me from a phone just send an email my way and I will tell you my WhatsAPP number. 

Also if you want to skype just remeber about the 10 hour time dfference from Alaska to Italy. 

Until next time,

Ciao Bellas 

I leave for two minutes and my host sisters allready kidding around about the 907 ;) Silly Goyal!