Day 54
It's still nice to be back to real life but it makes for a boring blog!
Somehow, without any alarm, I accidentally woke up at 6 am. I finished the paper.
Then I had Teaching English and we played "I Spy". Of course, my partner and I were bad at yelling loud enough to keep the kids' attention so it was a little bit like a free for all, with kids shouting "That?" "That?!" and pointing. The teacher had to tell us "the game works better if they ask questions about the object in English..." but then it got better and I think they had fun. When the teacher is in charge, it seems like the kids are pretty ADHD too and so she usually ends up screaming at them. I think that's just the structure of Italian elementary education, but I didn't really want to yell at them so I expected them to be a little hyper during the game we played. Overall, it went pretty well. When we left, they all waved and smiled so it couldn't have been too painful for them!
In my urban studies class, we took a field trip to the old prison and learned that it used to be a monastery before it became the prison. Today, it has been transformed into apartments and has a piazza and a cafe in the center. 
Two boys were playing soccer in the corner and when the weather gets warmer, it becomes a nice place to come and relax.
Coincidentally, our program organized an aperitivo celebration as the midpoint of the semester there and so a few hours after class, we were back at Le Murate (The Walls). The doors to the cells were so tiny! 
As usual, all the Americans treated it like dinner and ate enough pizza to not be hungry again later. The juice was the highlight of the meal. It tasted fresh and ever pitcher was a different flavor! I'm really not sure what was in my favorite but I hope I get to taste it again before I leave. The event was fun because I tend to hang out with the same groups of people and this gave me a chance to see some of the people I'm not as close with.
And then, I got to go home and it was my favorite part of the day :)
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