Cucumbers, Casa and College
Hello all,
well we are here in Duino and it's been an interesting 24 hours!
The journey went smooth as a baby's bottom!! The plane landed 40 minutes ahead of schedule, baggage was out before I was even back from the toilet and within an hour of landing we were on the first train towards Duino. On the second train we shared a compartment with two Italians on there way back from Portugal and very quickly we found that some gestures are simply universal, such as peeling plastic down a cucumber. :-)
We were in Monfalcone by 19.00 so only one busride away from duino, which turned out to be soooo small that the bus passed through it before we realised we were actually in a village! The landlord was there within 10 minutes and the magical and wonderfully expensive "villa". Well........villa it ain't. The best way to describe it is a large wintersports accommodation and the wintersports would be done inside as the place was possitively freezing! I actually moved my bed next to the radiator and basically curled against it for the rest of the night.
At 10 in the morning we met Sandy in her office and she introduced us to the timetable (which is complicated) and showed us around the office building. This is actually the only UWC to be scattered over a number of buildings throughout the town. We then met a ton of people in the coffee room and I was whisked away by my mentor to observe the first class. (total time spent in Duino 17 hours).
So, the day has basically been a whirlwind of impressions (good free warm lunch, dedicated and very smart students, meeting our new roommate so that the appartment becomes affordable, walking around Duino, getting IT stuff sorted)
We are meeting our landlord in 5 minutes to get the heating up (which won't be much because Italy has just passed a law limiting heating to 19 degrees because Russia is being...well Russia)
post again soon,
saskia
well we are here in Duino and it's been an interesting 24 hours!
The journey went smooth as a baby's bottom!! The plane landed 40 minutes ahead of schedule, baggage was out before I was even back from the toilet and within an hour of landing we were on the first train towards Duino. On the second train we shared a compartment with two Italians on there way back from Portugal and very quickly we found that some gestures are simply universal, such as peeling plastic down a cucumber. :-)
We were in Monfalcone by 19.00 so only one busride away from duino, which turned out to be soooo small that the bus passed through it before we realised we were actually in a village! The landlord was there within 10 minutes and the magical and wonderfully expensive "villa". Well........villa it ain't. The best way to describe it is a large wintersports accommodation and the wintersports would be done inside as the place was possitively freezing! I actually moved my bed next to the radiator and basically curled against it for the rest of the night.
At 10 in the morning we met Sandy in her office and she introduced us to the timetable (which is complicated) and showed us around the office building. This is actually the only UWC to be scattered over a number of buildings throughout the town. We then met a ton of people in the coffee room and I was whisked away by my mentor to observe the first class. (total time spent in Duino 17 hours).
So, the day has basically been a whirlwind of impressions (good free warm lunch, dedicated and very smart students, meeting our new roommate so that the appartment becomes affordable, walking around Duino, getting IT stuff sorted)
We are meeting our landlord in 5 minutes to get the heating up (which won't be much because Italy has just passed a law limiting heating to 19 degrees because Russia is being...well Russia)
post again soon,
saskia
posted by Saskia | 6:38 AM
1 Comments:
I heard you also opted for Norway, got your wish then :P.
Keep having a great time, I'll keep the VCR running.
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