Today our day began very tired because of travelling but surprisingly in the morning I didn't feel tired. School started at 8 o'clock.
At first everything felt like chaos. Hundreds of Italians (plus over 50 Finns) in a small place at the same time and the chaos was ready to begin. They didn't let us in the school before about eight o'clock so obviously everyone was rushing to the right class at the same time. In my school the doors are open in the mornings so when you arrive, you can straight go inside. That way people "flow" in and it doesn't seem like an ocean of people. Or then, maybe we Finns are just slow to wake up compared to Italians, who always seem to have something to talk about.
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| A view from a window in the class. |
The day began with a lesson of italian language and music. We learned some useful words what we can use while we are here, and then we also learned some slang for example "polleggiare" (to chill) and "Avere un inciucio con qualcuno" (date someone). I'm definitely going to try the latter one!
After the language lesson we gathered with our groups that Italians had made. There was couple heroes for each group and Italians taught about them. I learned about Dante Alighieri and actually when we visit the city where Dante was born, I will be clothed as Dante and I'll also read a short poem in italian. That's because we are making a video about the heroes which will be somewhat like that.
When we finished lesson we had some spare time and we played few nice games together. The games were funny but it was even funnier when we had complications with the rules, because some of the games were difficult to translate into english. Despite to that, I personally enjoyed to be together with Italians and Finns and I learned that even though we might have a different backgrounds and cultures but still we have a lot in common.
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| Our lovely Italian friends <3 |
1. Hair. Okay let me explain. This is not about the school but the people. I've been to Italy twice before so I've known that Italians have a dark brown hair, but when I was walking in the school the reality hit me. We Finns have a lot of lighter brown colored hair (usually) and it's usual to have a blond hair in my country. Well, at least more usual than here (based on what I saw today).
2. Classrooms. They seem to be a lot smaller than what we have. And things in the classroom are very simple and sometimes a bit messy.
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| Classroom. |
4. Bathrooms. Oh madrina, you should have seen my face when I went to the bathroom. I walked in the bathroom and I thought myself "And now what?" I was speechless. The only thing I saw was a place for your legs and a hole on the ground. I didn't know whether to cry or laugh. And then I also saw a "rope" coming from somewhere. That looked the same as the thing in hospitals (or elderly houses), that if you have a problem, you pull the rope and a nurse comes to help you. I kind of knew the water will come if I pull the rope but after I had used the rope, I left the bathroom quickly, just to be sure.
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| The Horror-bathroom |
After all there was a lot of differences in our schools but to be honest I don't care what the school (or other things) look like. For me it doesn't matter but the thing what matters to me are the people. I love Italian culture, and the way they use their hands while speaking. I love how they are not afraid to be physically close with their friends. In my country the personal space is big unfortunately. We don't let each other very close which for my opinion is a sad thing. Also when Italians don't have a food at school, they go home to eat with their families. Oh, how I wish it was the same thing in my country, well at least that families would eat together more often. In many families it might be that they don't eat together, or eat very rarely together. We maybe are a little lonely people. We have never learned to let people come close or to spend time with our families. And I mean the way I see it happening here. This is definitely one thing I'll miss when I return home. But a piece of this culture still remains in my heart and it will never go away from there. One day if I have a family and maybe children, I want to pay a lot of attention on this area. I will take time with my wife and I won't take her for granted, even after years of being married. I want my family to be whole, I want my kids to understand that it means nothing to have a lot of money if you have a poor heart.
Anyways a great day and I really look forward what's going to happen later on! Especially on Monday when we go to visit Imolas former Formula 1 track! And on Wednesday (which happens to be my name-day in Finnish calendar) we will visit Ferrari museum in Maranello! Is there anything better? I think not.
Elias
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Ciaoooo!!!
So today we went to the school. We didn't need to study anything, we just watched some videos, learned italian words and planned a bit the Heroes video show (or something). The school is of course different than our school in Finland and I think one of the biggest differences is that here the students don't have school lunch. But Elias already told you a lot about the school so I'm going to tell about other things now!
It's seriously so nice to be here. We've been waiting for this for so long. It's been lovely to meet all the italian friends and getting to know my host family. I think my family is awesome, they are so warm hearted and funny.
Even though there is a lot of differences in finnish and italian culture (obviously!) I really love to experience it all. I promised that at the end of the week I'll be able to speak at least some italian, and I have to admit that someday I would LOVE to speak italian properly. Maybe someday?
We are going to have a great 9 days here, I'm sure about that. Now we only need to enjoy!
Bye now! -Milka
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