Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I looked up the word for corned beef (which literally translates to steer under salt) and was going to ask my Italian teacher about the availability of it here but then Chris and I realized we don't really have the ability to cook it properly. Instead, I think we'll be having potatoes and regular beef. Too bad I don't have green food dye for the milk, eh mom?

This past week and the coming ones are very busy as I have papers and presentations to do for each of my classes. It's rather stressful, especially since there are so many things I would like to do before returning home.

Last week Chris and I went to the English movie night at the movie theater that used to be a little opera house. The movie was Madagascar 2 and we were two of four people there. The movie was pretty bad but that made it a very funny experience. I also learned that the word "crackalackin" translates to "elettrifrizzante" in Italian. Very useful.

The past week was also very warm and sunny. I got gelato with Jamie and have been wanting to get more basically every day since, as the weather has been so perfect for it.

I will hopefully post soon about the trip to Florence last weekend, which was really enjoyable. In the meantime I'm working on lots of projects for school, dreading my required trip to the police station to get my fingerprints documented for the permit of stay (apparently this generally takes many hours, all for a simple piece of paperwork...I'm trying not to think about it), and plotting another trip to the chocolate factory.

I hope you enjoy your St. Patrick's Day!