B(o)log(na)

I suppose I should give some sort of introduction, both of myself and my situation here in Italy, this being my first blog post here and all. First blog post anywhere in fact. Anyway, I’m Mark and I’m vacationi… er,  study in Bologna, Italy this semester. I’ve actually been in Italy since the beginning of the year, but I was in Siena for the first half. After my wonderful experience there, I couldn’t bring myself to kiss good Italian pizza goodbye just yet, and so I decided to stay just a little bit longer. Or something like that.

Bologna’s a lot different than Siena. I made an incredibly clever vacation joke up there (am I right?!), but the fact is that Siena really was as close to a vacation as you can get while still technically attending classes. We traveled every weekend, went to bars every night, and just generally passed those three months without a care in the world. I kid you not, a seventy-something year old Italian grandmother cooked me dinner every single night, and it was as good as you think. (more…)