First Academic week in review!!

So because my Monday through Thursday was filled was mostly matters of academia, I figured I would review in one post.
My business art class is awesome. It is the first business class I have ever taken and I am really enjoying the content of the class. This week we talked about a general over view of the art market in relation to artist giving their art to dealers and dealers selling them to auctions houses the be auctioned. One of the biggest questions of the week was, "Who/what decides how much a particular painting is worth?" Very interesting course.
My food and culture course is as equally interesting, as I said in the last post. We learned that my German professor moved here and feel in love, typical (this is literally the case with every other person you will meet that lives here now but is not a native). Don't worry folks, my boyfriend is back home, his name is NYC :)
My Italian class (modern readings in Italian literature) was quite rough the first day. I spoke to the dean, etc. and they suggested I do some of my own reviewing to better my Italian and stick with the difficult class- and they let me borrow some of the text books from the lower levels to review. The staff is great here. Serena, our liaison, is like everyone's mom and so great to us. And Caterina, the sort of dean, is extremely helpful and friendly.
Anyways, the second day of my Italian class was actually a lot better and I was able to understand a lot more. The class is about Italian teatro- theater. And we are going to see a few local shows through out the semester!
And finally, my villa and the garden class. It was a bit dense and dry the first day but I think it will definitely get better. We walked around the grounds of the court yard at the Palazzo (our school) and talked about the architecture- it would have really sparked my interest I think had it not been raining and 40 degrees out.
The great thing about all of my classes is that we have at least 3 field trips in each pertaining to the subject material!
A few other monumental things that you might have missed this week:
I had my first Italian coffee at this great caffe we all go to between classes right across the street called 'Caffe Americana'- ironic haha. It has great little paninis, duh and great hot drinks. Of course my first Italian coffee was decaff and iced- I am American at heart, what can I do! :)
The second monumental thing that occured was that I had my interview at Salvatore Ferragamo on Thursday morning for a possible internship I could have while studying here! The interview went pretty well and the offices/store are of course beautiful. She asked me some pretty challanging questions and I had to speak a little Italian to the women but I did my best. I am waiting back to see if they need me for the semester so I will keep everyone updated!
All in all, academic week 1 was a little tough to get throught but ended with a bang!
xoxo
- Amanda