"I will kill you. Just kidding! It's a joke!"-Mario

So classes started this week here in Roma and it’s a whole new kind of learning. I only have one class each day Mon-Wed and then Thurs I have three. We always get Fridays off so we can take weekend trips too (yay!).

This is a picture of campus: CEA Rome!

The professors here are definitely what you would call “fun characters". I’ll give a quick run down of each one:

Paulo- Art History

He’s a very flamboyant man who wears yellow tinted hipster glasses and vibrant colored paisley shirts. We spent the three-hour class period going through a slide show of various pieces of art while he circled the nudity with a laser pointer. Overall he’s a lot of fun to listen to and time goes pretty quick with him.

Mario- Italian Language

He’s absolutely hilarious to put it simply. He’s a short, very tan man with a goatee and a thick Italian accent. He frequently tells us “I will kill you. Just kidding! It’s a joke!” then continues with the lesson.  Kate is convinced he’s on drugs or something, but I just think he’s funny.

Carmela- Roman Literature

She literally wore a long white nightgown to class on the first day with big chunky necklaces and completed the outfit with socks and sandals. Her frizzy hair is partially orange and brown, mixed with grey and white (we’re not sure how much is natural).  She is scatterbrained most of the time and will often jump around in her lectures. She’s easily distracted and will go off on random tangents about life.

Jean- Study Abroad Seminar

She’s the professor that came along with us on the trip from St. Bens. She’s a lot of fun, I’m looking forward to more of her class.

That’s all I have to say for now! More updates to come!