Ciao tutti! Today was the last day of JTI which
means it was the last day with Elizabeth and Melinda. Sadness and tears
abounded.
To give a good send off, we started the day with
our History of Science final, because nothing says we’re going to miss you like
a final exam.
After that, I had to run off to Italian grammar
class and learn Italian stuff. Though we heard the Oberlin people practicing because
apparently they had an opera performance at the town hall tonight. They sounded
pretty good, so I’m sure they did really well.
Following Italian class, we had the Tower visit
with our Getting to Know Arezzo class. The lady who gave us the tour was actual
an Art History PhD, so she gave us a lot of cool information about the site.
Le Tower.
Apparently, the entire building was covered in
frescos before people kept trying to improve it. The town hall has been redone multiple times throughout the centuries, most recently by the fascists during WWII.
You don't improve awesomeness.
What really messed with it was the Medici though. Arezzo does not like the
Medici. Plus, they stole their bronze chimera.
Not cool, man.
After a quick walk around the municipal building,
we headed up into the Tower. And the higher we got…
...the view became.
It was amazing.
I spent time after the Tower visit meeting with
Monica Sharp (my internship advisor) and chilling in our hotel room for the
last time.
(Side Note: I finally met my internship people and
got to visit the place where I’ll be working. It’s the Museo dei mezzi di
communicazione and it’s super cool. I’ll do a post on that later, once I
actually do stuff there.)
We then went to have our farewell dinner at the
really nice restaurant that was part chair and part couch. I sat on a couch
part. We had some:
1) Variety
of breads, spreads, and other appetizers
2) Pasta
with beef sauce
3) Ham
with four mini-potatoes
4) Some
dessert type thing
It was really nice and there were some toasts
afterward. Melinda even got to give one!
Is not a good picture. Oh well.
We then grabbed some farewell gelato on the way
back to the hotel and went upstairs to get all packed up. And watch Thor.
Because our last movie night needed to be awesome. Which it was.
So farewell to all the JTI kids and Professors
Barker and Crowther. It’s been a great time learning with you and from you.
I’ll probably suffer an odd form of homesickness now that I don’t have my
roomies with me anymore. So have fun in England, Melinda, and eat lots of
chicken at home, Elizabeth. I’ll be thinking of you!
Grazie e ciao!
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