On Tuesday, Paola and I went to the Supermarcato in the morning to buy some food for the week, and to get me some things that I like in America. I kept telling her that I want to eat Italian food, but she insisted I buy some things. So I bought some carrots to munch on as a snack, I bought some fruit juice, some green tea and some Kellog's cereal. Though I was surprised to find that the cereal and the juice taste a lot different than they do in America- not as sweet and...just different!
This is the inside of the Supermarcato. It looks pretty much the same as in America!
After we bought my food, Paola bought the food for dinner- the meat and the cheeses and the bread. What was different about this was that in America, most bread is packaged and has loads of preservatives in them, and you can only get a small amount of bread fresh baked. In Italy, all the bread is freshly baked, all the meat is freshly sliced and all the cheese is brand new. It was fantastic.
This is the deli: the fresh meat is ready to be sliced right away. There is no leaving slices sitting in plastic for days and days until someone buys it here.
The Italians love their cheeses, and have many different types to choose from. Lucky me, I love cheese too! :)
Later that day, Anika and I really wanted to go shopping for some Italian clothes. Around 4:30pm, we went to the center of Vicenza and went to many different stores and we found some cute shirts! Every time Anika and I went in between stores, we had to stop and stare at how pretty it looked from the streets. It was a wonderful afternoon, and that evening there was a beautiful sunset to top it off.
Wednesday was another adventure. Anika and I went to Brock's house, the other exchange student from Idaho. Brock lives up in the hills of the Vicenza area, and his host family has a fantastic view of the entire area.
Brock and his host brother and Anika and I talked outside Brock's house for a bit while the adults had to work on Brock's residence of stay. When they were done, we all went in to have a fantastic lunch prepared by Brock's host mom. Brock has two host brothers. One is my age, 18, and one is only 9. But the entire family was very polite and very cheerful. It was good getting to know Brock and Anika even better. After lunch, we were given an espresso (a little shot of strong coffee with sugar) and a fantastic ice cream cake made by Brock's host mom.
After lunch, Brock, Anika, Brock's host brother (ahhhh I forgot his name! I am so bad at names...) all went to the city center of Vicenza. This time however, there were no adults with us, so Brock's host brother could show us all of the best bars and shops. He even showed us a fantastic little park with old statues and fountains everywhere.
Anika and I, being goofy!
In front of an old building and a pretty little pond.
A beautiful ancient looking fountain!
Today I started school, but I will post more about school later once I get familiar with how school works so I can explain it better. Also, all of the pictures I have taken are up on Facebook, so just check them out anytime! I will be writing soon...
Ciao! :)
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