The Pictures

After many failed attempts to post pictures of my experience so far, I have decided to write another post. This one will be about a few things I missed in my last post, and things that have happened since.
Lets start with the humping game. Yes, you read that right. I don't know how I forgot to mention it in my last post. Maybe I tried to forget but just couldn't. God knows I wish I could. How can I describe the humping game... It was a pretty unique experience. It started off innocently enough. "Get in a circle and hold hands." Sure why not. "Now put your hands on the shoulders of the person in front of you and rock back and forth than side to side." Alright. "Now put your right hand on the right knee of the person two people in front of you and rock back and forth." Uhm.. What? "Now keep your right hand where it is and put your left hand on the left knee of the person two people in front of you and rock back and forth." Right here is when things got very uncomfortable. I knew the person who was behind me, Taylor from Alaska, but guess who was in front of me. If you guessed a 6'5 boy from Columbia, you're right! I couldn't even get my arms around him to touch the persons knees two people in front of me! I pretty much raped the Columbian boy in front of me and Taylor who was behind me at the same time, hence my name for it. The humping game. That was the last time I participated in any games that the volunteers organized.

I have said this so much lately but I absolutely loved being in Rome. I could have stayed  there forever and been perfectly content. Correction. I could have stayed there forever if there was wifi. If I could have talked to every person there I would have. Each person I talked to I felt like I was more educated. It also made me want to go to where they lived and made me realize that when I'm older I want to have a job that allows me to travel. I don't want to be away from home all of the time, but I want to visit every continent and go to as many countries as I possibly can.

Now lets talk about boys. In Rome there were a few countries who I noticed had pretty attractive guys. The nordic countries had some cuties, and the Romanians were really cute too. The more I think about things though, the more I realized I knew absolutely nothing about countries like Romania. I don't even know where it is! Does that make me an ignorant American? In New York it felt like all we talked about were American stereotypes, but we can't say that a country is ignorant, or loud, or sluty, because everyone in that country is different. There were girls from almost every country walking around in shorts so short you could clearly see their butt, yet people think Americans are sluts. It made me learn that we shouldn't judge a country on an experience we had with one person.

Now let me tell you about Nova Siri. The people here are very nice and welcoming. I finally got the kissing thing down because before I would almost kiss strangers on the lips. Here in Nova Siri it goes right cheek, left cheek. I also visited the beach the other day and I've decided I'm not coming home. If you could see this beach you would understand why. It has the best view I have ever seen. So I've decided I'm never leaving it. :) I can't wait to be able to swim in the Mediterranean.

I'm still lost 100% of the time in school. Today it wasn't boiling hot in the room so having jeans on wasn't that bad. I think I've forgot to mention that before. Girls have to wear pants to school, no shorts allowed. I also wasn't bored the entire time because the Latin teacher had me translate a paragraph from Italian to English (which took like 45 minutes,) and the English teacher had me read out loud a few pages from a book. Today was also a short day so we got out of school at 12:15, meaning we only had four hours of school.

At home I feel like a guest and not really a family member yet. I unpacked everything in my bags and now have them stored away. It's weird not to be living out of them after my days in New York and Rome. My room has a little fold out bed and my real bed should be here in a few weeks. I have pictures of my family and pets put but other than that its just a white walled room. Hopefully I'll be able to decorate it! It has a bathroom attached to it and also one right next to it and they are both very nice. I also go through clothes very quickly because they wear 3 to 4 outfits a day. They also don't wash their clothes as often so I end up wearing some things twice in one week, like jeans. And the whole not showering every day is making my hair a giant greaseball.

At the house there is also the infamous bidet. I have not used it. I don't plan to use it. There's just something about it that I find really weird. *BOYS STOP READING* One of the girls in my class asked me how we clean ourselves when were on our period and I had no idea what to say back. I most have looked so stupid because I had no idea what to say. I know a few Americans have used it and "enjoyed" it I guess you can say, but I don't think I will. We are also spoiled in the US with our pads and tampons. The ones here don't work so you have to use three at one time. It's very aggravating.

*BOYS CAN READ AGAIN*
The food here is banging. They're is pasta with almost every meal, and bread at every one. I don't think I will ever get tired of this food. There are so many different kinds. Today I had rabbit for the first time and it was ok. I didn't like knowing it was rabbit and all of the little bones. The other night we had Rusticco which was like a closed prosciutto and mozzarella pizza that tasted exactly like a grilled ham and cheese. I could have eaten the entire thing. Soon we are going to have calamari and pizza. I've had a lot of gelato but its all been store bought and tasted like regular grocery store ice cream. My family also has their coffee cold and eat cereal in it. In the afternoon is when they drink a shot of hot coffee. All in all the food here is pretty healthy and we walk everywhere so hopefully I won't gain weight. I actually think I might lose some but I'm probably just kidding myself. If I did lose weight though I would be very happy.

The only thing I don't like about Nova Siri is the stray dogs. It makes me sad when I see them because they make me think of Lulu. There are also a lot of stray cats and I find myself wanting to take them all home. Some of them are really cute but you need to watch your step as you walk or you will have an unpleasant surprise.

Things in Italy are slower and more relaxed. It feels like there is plenty of time in the day unlike America where everything is rushed. I've learned so much in such a small amount of time about the world and Italy. I learned that Romania has cute boys, rabbit tastes like chicken, and I take for granted a lot of things in America. But mostly I have learned about myself. Even though I miss my parents, I don't need them to survive. The language is still coming very slowly to me, but hopefully things will begin to make sense soon. Until next time, Ciao!