"Where are we going?" "Auckland." "Oakland? That's right across the bay."
School is going pretty well, though last week was a bit hellish. I had a mid-term for my Art History course, my final for Italian (since it's only an 8 week course), and three studio projects to keep up on. The weekend was then welcomed with a lot beverages of the alcoholic nature and various family members coming to visit.
Friday afternoon Jaylene's mom arrived in Florence and is staying with us for a little over a week. She brought an entire suitcase, or treasure chest, as she so aptly named it, filled with things like Girl Scout cookies, Kraft Mac and Cheese, dry mixes of brownies, cakes, stuffing, etc. Saturday some friends and I went out to this restaurant, Buddakan, for dinner that serves Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Thai cuisine. To my dismay the menu did not offer kimchi. However, everything was delicious. After some wine and a couple rounds of cards we went out to the bars for further beverages. We ended up meeting Fiona from New Zealand and Brad from Australia who are living in London currently and are here in Italy visiting. Fiona was an absolute sweetheart and Brad was hilarious. Brad asked how we felt about Steve Irwin's death, and after the intial "aww's" and "sigh's" died down he then proceded to spit off Steven Irwin jokes. We traded various hilarious stereotypes in which he called George Bush, amongst many other things, "wankers," and then I retaliated by asking him if he played the diggory doo, threw a boomarang, or if "the dingo ate his baby." Then, to my surprise, he was familiar with the Simpsons, and we discussed, in particular, the episode in which the Simpson family traveled to Australia. Also being familiar with Full House, we discussed the episode where Stephanie and Michelle stowaway on a plane to Auckland, which they mistake for Oakland (If memory serves me correctly, he also called Bob Saget a "wanker"). Fiona and Brad kept bickering about what was better, Australia or New Zealand. Fiona kept making fun of him, saying he was just a convict that wasn't good enough for England.
Every Sunday evening, about 11 of us ID chums have a "Sunday Night Dinner" held at whoever's apartment. Since it was Jaylene's 21st birthday on Saturday, we went to our friends' Carly, Corey, and Charlene's apartment (since they're the only ones with an oven) and Mrs. Cormier made quiche and giant cookie cakes for dessert. Katie's cousin, Davis, also arrived in Florence earlier Sunday afternoon to spend his spring break here. Katie's friend from high school, the one we're staying with in London, is currently on spring break, so he and his friends are traveling around Italy. They also arrived in Florence in Sunday afternoon, and joined us after dinner. So, we had quite a crowd for Sunday night, but we all had a fantastic time playing euchre and hearing stories of the guys putting kernels in their ass cracks for the pigeons to eat when they were in Venice.
Currently, that's all that's really interesting going on this side of the globe.
BASTA!
Big Hugs & Sloppy Snogs,
<3 Kirs
Friday afternoon Jaylene's mom arrived in Florence and is staying with us for a little over a week. She brought an entire suitcase, or treasure chest, as she so aptly named it, filled with things like Girl Scout cookies, Kraft Mac and Cheese, dry mixes of brownies, cakes, stuffing, etc. Saturday some friends and I went out to this restaurant, Buddakan, for dinner that serves Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Thai cuisine. To my dismay the menu did not offer kimchi. However, everything was delicious. After some wine and a couple rounds of cards we went out to the bars for further beverages. We ended up meeting Fiona from New Zealand and Brad from Australia who are living in London currently and are here in Italy visiting. Fiona was an absolute sweetheart and Brad was hilarious. Brad asked how we felt about Steve Irwin's death, and after the intial "aww's" and "sigh's" died down he then proceded to spit off Steven Irwin jokes. We traded various hilarious stereotypes in which he called George Bush, amongst many other things, "wankers," and then I retaliated by asking him if he played the diggory doo, threw a boomarang, or if "the dingo ate his baby." Then, to my surprise, he was familiar with the Simpsons, and we discussed, in particular, the episode in which the Simpson family traveled to Australia. Also being familiar with Full House, we discussed the episode where Stephanie and Michelle stowaway on a plane to Auckland, which they mistake for Oakland (If memory serves me correctly, he also called Bob Saget a "wanker"). Fiona and Brad kept bickering about what was better, Australia or New Zealand. Fiona kept making fun of him, saying he was just a convict that wasn't good enough for England.
Every Sunday evening, about 11 of us ID chums have a "Sunday Night Dinner" held at whoever's apartment. Since it was Jaylene's 21st birthday on Saturday, we went to our friends' Carly, Corey, and Charlene's apartment (since they're the only ones with an oven) and Mrs. Cormier made quiche and giant cookie cakes for dessert. Katie's cousin, Davis, also arrived in Florence earlier Sunday afternoon to spend his spring break here. Katie's friend from high school, the one we're staying with in London, is currently on spring break, so he and his friends are traveling around Italy. They also arrived in Florence in Sunday afternoon, and joined us after dinner. So, we had quite a crowd for Sunday night, but we all had a fantastic time playing euchre and hearing stories of the guys putting kernels in their ass cracks for the pigeons to eat when they were in Venice.
Currently, that's all that's really interesting going on this side of the globe.
BASTA!
Big Hugs & Sloppy Snogs,
<3 Kirs