Today we had our first game,
I woke up this morning and successfully walked to the store by myself (Lynnea was sleeping) and bought stuff I needed to cook lunch. Then came back home, cooked myself some pasta with tomato sauce, and started to learn some Italian verbs. Lunch was fun, I sat in the kitchen with my Italian verb work book and worked on the first lesson, common verbs ending in -are. Maria was downstairs too cooking, and she sat down and was helping me, and repeating them in English.
After lunch, we all rested and got ready for the match. It was our first match (Lynnea and I, that is) and it was home! We weren't sure if we were going to be cleared to play, but we must have been because they put us in! It was interesting to see the different cheers that the team does, and we don't know what they are saying. Luckily, when they shake hands with the other team they say Ciao, I can handle that!
It was a great game, everyone worked hard and played awesome volleyball! It felt good to be playing again.
We haven't really figured out what they do for Halloween around here, we know that they celebrate it because we have seen children dressed in costumes, and stores have decorated, but just really really young kids, doesn't seem to be a holiday that older children take part in. We have been told that in the bigger cities, like Roma, they celebrate it more.
That is all for today, tomorrow, I will work on taking pictures of the new apartment to post! Until then:
Italian word/phrase of the day: vincere "to win" (haven't gotten to -ere verbs yet, so I don't know how to conjugate it)
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Day Trip
Today we had the day off, so we took a day trip to Rome with our coach to watch the men's volleyball team play!
I think our expectations of what games were like were a little different then what actually happened.
When we got to the gym, it was just that, a gym, no bleachers, not much sideline area, and very little room for spectators to even stand and watch. Luckily we got their early enough that we were able to snatch the one and only bench on the sidelines!
We also noticed that the crowd is very different from what we expected, I think we both pictured everyone cheering and yelling etc, there was a little bit of that, not a lot. But the game was tons of fun to watch, it was super intense. Although our men's team lost, it was an exciting 5 game match.
Now it is time to prepare for our game tomorrow, which we were informed that we (meaning Lynnea and me) might not be able to play in because we have to wait to be cleared by the volleyball federation, and from what we understand they aren't able to do that until Tuesday, and if we do play (and win) and we don't have all the papers needed by the federation, they could take away the win. So we will just have to wait and see what our coach decides to do.
Italian word/phrase of the day: dammi cinque "give me five!"
I think our expectations of what games were like were a little different then what actually happened.
When we got to the gym, it was just that, a gym, no bleachers, not much sideline area, and very little room for spectators to even stand and watch. Luckily we got their early enough that we were able to snatch the one and only bench on the sidelines!
We also noticed that the crowd is very different from what we expected, I think we both pictured everyone cheering and yelling etc, there was a little bit of that, not a lot. But the game was tons of fun to watch, it was super intense. Although our men's team lost, it was an exciting 5 game match.
Now it is time to prepare for our game tomorrow, which we were informed that we (meaning Lynnea and me) might not be able to play in because we have to wait to be cleared by the volleyball federation, and from what we understand they aren't able to do that until Tuesday, and if we do play (and win) and we don't have all the papers needed by the federation, they could take away the win. So we will just have to wait and see what our coach decides to do.
Italian word/phrase of the day: dammi cinque "give me five!"
Friday, October 29, 2010
I'M BACK
Well, I'm back!
So much as been happening since my last post. We were informed that we would have to take a quick trip back to the U.S to get our visas. Because of the arrangement Italy has with the U.S we must apply for visas in person, at the Consulate in the region of your birth...luckily we have an Italian Consulate in Detroit so we had to pay them a quick visit. But all is good and we have obtained our Visto! We are now back in Fondi, and are ready to start playing. We arrived on the 27th.
While we were gone, our team's season started, they had two games and won both of them! That is super exciting news! They also picked up another middle hitter, she is from Brazil but has been living and playing in Italy for a couple of years now and is doing rehab for her knee and should be ready soon.
So since we have a new player, we had to move apartments...AGAIN! We moved out of our apartment over looking the traffic circle and moved down the street into a Bed and Breakfast (in the summer). It is 4 levels.
The first level is where you enter and it has just some room for storage and the entry into the garage. On the second floor there is the kitchen and one bedroom. On the 3rd floor there are 3 bedrooms, each with their own bathroom and double beds! Yes, a bed I can fit in! That is where I am, I am on the 3rd floor, right at the top of the stairs, kinda tucked back in the corner. Then on the top level, there is the laundry room, and a huge covered balcony which is used to hang the clothes to dry! It is awesome!
It is interesting, now we are living with 4 people, sometimes 5 (our teammate from Rome stays some nights) and we don't know Italian and they don't know a lot of English, so it has been very hard to communicate and has been kind of separated. But no worries, I came readying this time, armed with bunches of Italian books, ready to learn and use it whenever I can!
So that is what has been going on with me lately, my body clock is super messed up and I find myself sleeping...all the time. I sleep when it is night time here, I sleep when it is the middle of the day. And I am tired at all the wrong times. I really need get on the right track because we have a game this weekend, and I want to be ready.
Pictures of the new place, coming soon..
So much as been happening since my last post. We were informed that we would have to take a quick trip back to the U.S to get our visas. Because of the arrangement Italy has with the U.S we must apply for visas in person, at the Consulate in the region of your birth...luckily we have an Italian Consulate in Detroit so we had to pay them a quick visit. But all is good and we have obtained our Visto! We are now back in Fondi, and are ready to start playing. We arrived on the 27th.
While we were gone, our team's season started, they had two games and won both of them! That is super exciting news! They also picked up another middle hitter, she is from Brazil but has been living and playing in Italy for a couple of years now and is doing rehab for her knee and should be ready soon.
So since we have a new player, we had to move apartments...AGAIN! We moved out of our apartment over looking the traffic circle and moved down the street into a Bed and Breakfast (in the summer). It is 4 levels.
The first level is where you enter and it has just some room for storage and the entry into the garage. On the second floor there is the kitchen and one bedroom. On the 3rd floor there are 3 bedrooms, each with their own bathroom and double beds! Yes, a bed I can fit in! That is where I am, I am on the 3rd floor, right at the top of the stairs, kinda tucked back in the corner. Then on the top level, there is the laundry room, and a huge covered balcony which is used to hang the clothes to dry! It is awesome!
It is interesting, now we are living with 4 people, sometimes 5 (our teammate from Rome stays some nights) and we don't know Italian and they don't know a lot of English, so it has been very hard to communicate and has been kind of separated. But no worries, I came readying this time, armed with bunches of Italian books, ready to learn and use it whenever I can!
So that is what has been going on with me lately, my body clock is super messed up and I find myself sleeping...all the time. I sleep when it is night time here, I sleep when it is the middle of the day. And I am tired at all the wrong times. I really need get on the right track because we have a game this weekend, and I want to be ready.
Pictures of the new place, coming soon..
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