Venezia!

So, for the next month this blog will no longer be based upon the music industry but rather by month-long trip to Italy. For the next four weeks I will be living in Venice with 11 other students and studying Environmental Psychology and the Art and Myth in Venice. So far, I have dealt with a 14 hour travel trip, flying to London and then actually getting to Venice, waiting hours in line for boat passes, and worst of all, my allergies. The second I got to Venice I fell in love, but since our arrival on Sunday I have been feeling quite different and strange. My eating habits have become terrible and my patience is getting less and less easy to control. I've also gotten multiple bug bites all over me. It's been difficult adjusting to living with 11 other people and traveling in groups, especially when no one knows where they are going. But aside from everything I just said, the trip has been life-changing already. Just being able to be away from home for a while has changed my perception of myself. I'm a lot more weak than I had thought before. In the Film we watched Summertime, the girl talks about a woman she say on the boat. This woman had come to Venice to find something that In the back of her head she had been looking for, something that has been missing all her life. I presume that's what I shall do myself this month.

The first night we went out in Venice we went to Campo Santa Margherita. We decided to go out and just find somewhere to hang out, but we ended up seeing a couple girls who looks like they were going out, so we asked where they were going. They said to follow them to the square, so we did. It's amazing the type of people you meet. These girls were from Switzerland and Cyprus, Both studying in Venice. We got there, had a couple drinks and met a whole bunch of kids our age. It was great being able to get the hang of how things work here. On the way home, we were more lost than I thought we would be. It took us about an hour to walk home! Getting lost in a strange city can be scary but quite rewarding. It's odd when you're somewhere and you don't know the language at all. I'm happy to say my Italian is getting better just from talking to Venetians. I also feel like I have made incredible friendships with the other students on the trip. I had no idea that I would get along so well with them.

My surroundings have been making it difficult to adjust. For example, today we visited the Lido which was beautiful! It couldn't have been a better beach day. Unfortunately on the way back I came down with some terrible seasickness. My head was spinning out of control and I felt more nauseous than I ever have before. I had to get off at a random stop and use a pizzeria bathroom to throw up. Lucky for my Chelsea and Lucero helped me through it and we finally got back. For now I'm going to try and sleep it off, and hopefully I'll be feeling better in the morning. As for living in Venice, adjusting has been the most difficult part. Being stripped from your daily normal life and being put in a different environment is extremely strange, but rewarding.