I started yesterday sitting in on the 3000 level class for an hour, and today I sat in for two hours. This allows me to practice speaking, get some extra practice with grammar, and not be by myself trying to find things to do all day. It was nice, and today I got to give a presentation with a partner in that class. I will probably continue to sit in on days that I do not have class, which is usually at least once or twice a week.
It was one of the Italian roommate's birthday yesterday, and we all celebrated with him on Monday. Everyone who lives in apartments rather than homestays got together for what I have been told was an amazing dinner. My roommate and I arrived just in time though for dessert. The most important part. We had tiramisu and chocolate cake, both homemade (you can't really find anything else here). It was amazing. I am going to learn how to make tiramisu, so come to my house if you go to UVA for the first dessert party of the year because that is what I want to make.
Yesterday we all went to L'orto di Tolimei to try to watch the Lunar eclipse. A complete lunar eclipse was visible here yesterday- I would immagine that you couldn't see it in the states. We only got to see it for a few minutes because there were clouds on the horizon, but it was very cool! And of course we were looking across the Tuscan countryside below Siena to see it, and shortly after sunset, it was just beautiful (The sun has not been setting until about 9 here).
Tomorrow we are leaving for Florence to celebrate another birthday! And of course to see Florence, and several of us are already plotting our course through all of the museums and other sites. We are going to spend the whole weekend there.
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