Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Today we stayed in Padova. We first had breakfast and had a ton of class. We had class from 8-11:15 today! It seemed to be so long. After, we walked to get some lunch before heading to the Scrovegni Chaple. I know that I keep continuing to say that I got the best meal of the trip, but it was true this day! The pizza I got was so good! It was a very thick and soft crust. I really want to go back!
We met our group at the chapel in a park. The chaple was very pretty. Even though it was very small, it was the most controlled environment that I have ever been in. you go inside and sit in a small room for 15 minutes while they decompress the air. Then, you can go in. only when it is you groups turn to leave can they open the door. We were only allowed in with very small groups.
After the chapel, some of us walked to the only laundry mat in the city. Hannah, Hilary, Amanda, and I all managed to get all of our colored clothing in one machine and all of our whites in a small one. This saved a ton of money, because laundry was very expensive. However, it took almost 2 hours to dry the clothing. While sitting in the laundry mat, the man who ran it started talking to us. He was so cute! He spoke no English, only Italian, but seemed to enjoy us very much. He heard us say the words engineers, and he went and got this huge binder full of sketches he had! He was very talented and loved to show us all the things that he had done. He even made us photocopies and we got him to sign them! He was so adorable!
After doing laundry, we went back to the hotel. I went and worked on my close reading for almost 2 hours. Then, Jamie, David and I headed over to the Mexican restraint across the street. I was so excited to get Mexican; however, it turned out to be very different. We all ordered daiquiris / margaritas. TThen, we ordered chips, because you do not get then free. It was 5 euros and I think we may have gotten about 8.5 chips an hour after we got there. Then, I got a side of Mexican rice, which was very odd but tasted ok. I did get some very delicious quesadillas though! I asked for them to have just cheese, not with the chili or jalepeopnes that they were supposed to come with. It was so good! It was kind of like a fried hot pocket oozing with cheese! It was so good! Dinner took quite a while but afterwards, I was able to get back to the hotel and skype Meredith! I think that she is going to come tomorrow so I am so super excited about that! Yay!