On Tuesday we went to Fidenza as the last thing to do together with the Irish. We went to a cheese factory because Param (the area I live in) is famous for making/inventing Parmesan cheese. It was very cool and interesting! We weren't allowed to take photos in all the room but it was amazing to see how it's all done. The cheese weighs 100kg to start with! We also went to see a castle that's maybe 1000 years old. It had some amazing art work in it! We had pizza an...

On Friday we all went to Florence for the day. We took a MASSSSSSIVE bus and one smaller van. My class and their Irish students went on the big bus and the girls from the class above mine and their Irish girls and I went on the smaller bus and it was so much fun! We sung played games and had a lot of fun and got to know each other really well cause there were only 14 of us. We also had the Irish teachers. The day in Florence was so amazing! We got to see what Flo...

The Irish class arrived late Wednesday afternoon so I had gone home before they arrived. Today I got to meet them and it was the best feeling ever being able to speak English how I would at home. We split into Irish and italian for an hour at the start and I got to stay with the Irish which was nice. We had a talk about Parma and the area and the plans for the week. We then had a shared lunch and got to know some of the italian it was really nice! They're all rea...

Friday and Saturday we had off school because of snow and we stayed home and relaxed and I put things on my walls and put my clothes and things in the right places finally. Last night (Saturday) we went out for tea at a pub with Giovanni's (my host brother) girlfriend. She was very lovely and translated the whole menu for me! Before last night she hadn't spoken a word to me because she's shy and last night she talked a lot. We got home at mid night and Cecilia an...

Yesterday it started to snow but not a lot, this morning when we woke up there was about 50cm of snow on the ground and school was cancelled! It still hasn't stopped snowing and now there is 55cm!!!! (21 1/2 inches) it's to crazy I have never seen so much snow! The dogs whole body is buried when he goes out in it! At about 5am and big tractor came through to try to clear the road but it was to deep so he just made it slippery but there have been people out all da...