:(s)he who seeks, shall find.
"Being a Hellenophile means: being an enemy of raw power and dull intellects." Nietzsche
ABOUT ME:
My name is Rebecca. I am a senior studying art history at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. I have also studied at University of Delaware, John Cabot University in Rome, University of Cambridge, and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. I am an editorial assistant for
smARThistory.org, which won the 2009 Webby Award for Best Educational Site.
Main areas of interest include "Barbarian" grave goods, jewelry of ancient cultures, and the various -isms of the 20th century. Above all, I just love learning. Piacere!
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TRAVEL BLOG:
For those of you who want to read about my adventures abroad, starting from the very beginning, you may read everything I have posted about
Italy in general, about my semester in
Rome, or in
Milan.
After a very long and boring transatlantic flight, and a few days with my lovely boyfriend, I’m back home just in time for a good ol’ American independence day.
Tomorrow I will be spending the day with my little brother (who had a growth spurt and is now taller than me, at the age of 12) and my stepfather. We’ll be going to a friend’s house and watching fireworks and grilling. I’m really back in the US of A.
It’s good to be back, but I miss things about Italy already. I miss the public transportation, the gelato, the aperitivi, the way people walk, the prosciutto, and especially, the old people who congregate and talk on the sides of the street. There’s too much space in the US, but I’m happy to have a dryer and to be driving my car again. I’m happy to be able to ask for anything without preparing myself first, happy to know the language, happy not to be a foreigner. But, I suppose, all that comfort will become boring as time goes on, and I’ll want to immerse myself elsewhere. We’ll see!
As far as this Tumblr goes, I think it’s time to say goodbye. I might post one or two more things that are relevant to my study abroad experience in the near future, but Tumblarity has really put me off to Tumblr. Plus it’s just not productive!
So farewell, thanks for reading my travel blog, and safe travels to all!
I returned safely from Bulgaria yesterday, and I’ve already started packing up for the states. I leave June 30th, with mixed feelings.
Of course at this point I’m anxious to get home, see my friends, see my boyfriend, get American pizza…but unlike last semester, I don’t have the comfort of knowing when I will return to Italy.
Of course I’ll be back! But who knows under what conditions?
Tonight is the Subsonica concert, and tomorrow I leave early in the morning for Venice. I come back from Venice on the 26th, and then have a mere 4 days to say goodbye to Milan. It doesn’t seem like enough time.
I’m sad to leave Italy, because at this point I’m comfortable here. I make friends wherever I go, and I haven’t gotten over being able to actually communicate in Italian.
Well, life goes on!
Avanti!
Today I said goodbye to the family that I have been babysitting for this semester. They gave me organic soap from France and wished me well.
Both Sharon and Ximena teared up as they hugged me goodbye, but little Ariel had no idea what “I’m leaving forever,” means. He told me he loved me as I was leaving then said, “Now is Paolo coming?” Haha so easily replaced! Ximena told me, “Non Dimenticare Italiano,” (Don’t forget Italian!).
Working for them is what really improved my italian. I had to help Davide with his homework, talk to Ximena and all of Davide’s friends from school, and run errands, all while practicing Italian. It really helped having a little 8 year old dictionary around!
I also finished my semester today! I got a 27 for History of Medieval Lombardy. Not bad!
Tomorrow I will be leaving for Bulgaria. I don’t come back until the 23rd, and I am not bringing my laptop. So, talk to you later!
