Ciao Milano! (Part 2 :D)

Overall I think the entire study tour to Italy was a pretty interesting. My positive psychology class has a very strange... vibe. I feel like we may be just too big of a class (around 30 people) to take the time to get to know each other and when we're constantly being rushed around to see this or do that, it makes it even harder to connect. So we all have formed these groups with people we've met first or made a good impression with etc. Thus, we ended up kind of clichy which is sad. I think there's a couple people in the class that everyone generally feels annoyed with and this this includes the professor too, unfortunately. Pretty much everyone has gotten over the initial "damn, he's fine!" reaction to realize that positive psychology is so new that there's not enough information for a mediocre teacher to convey properly. I haven't noticed it so much (Although I didn't appreciate being led into oncoming traffic. Seriously. People we screaming. Wthell Anders.) because I've had so many crappy classes back in the states that I've learned to basically teach myself (Example: I taught myself and ENTIRE term of statistics. Wthell PSU.). I've also been putting this class on the shelf a little bit because my other classes have been demanding so much from me but meh... I'm still learning and experiencing and enjoying the world. :)

I did manage to get to know other people in the class besides that group I was stuck with most of the time in Jutland. I just love it when I meet a person that just kind of wants the same things I do. I made buddies with this sweet girl named Delayna. We did a lot of shopping, eating gelato, and walking exploring the towns together while other people just went back to the hotel to nap. (I know we're all exhausted but c'mon! Who knows when we'll be in Italy again! This is incredible!!) This is when we were exploring Milan and Como (a side trip our class took to see the more quaint side of Italy).

These first few picture are mostly exploring Milan:



Delayna in her new real leather Jacket we searched all over for and me in my new shiney jacket that I love! It has one of those secret-inside-the-jacket-pockets that I thought were SO cool when I was a kid:

The Triumphan Arch in Milan:

Beautiful Como where George Clooney owns three villas. OoOoO!:

The whole time I was in Italy I felt like was in this weird "dream within a dream" phase. I mean, I go on this long thing to learn in Denmark and then I go on this shorter thing to learn in Italy and then when I finished I was just going to go back to home-- Copenhagen? It was like my life was on a double pause. It's hard to explain, I guess. I love Denmark and my host family, but it really does feel strange that this place has become my home now. I'm scared of how I might feel when I leave it for good. This thing is already halfway finished! Holy cow!

Anyway, one of the nights whoever arranged the itinerary decided that it would be a great idea send all of us to wine tasting before dinner when we were all starving. First we had a sparkling wine, then a white wine, and then a red wine. They were all delicious and we got lots of refills. Considering the the stumbling, the sudden lack of the comprehension of personal space, and excess shouting and laughing, I'm pretty sure the whole class was a little drunk when we left to go get dinner. It was a good time. :)



Okay, gotta do some more homework now. More soon! :)

- Jenn