January 15, 2010

Today i went to my first real Italian class. The teacher does not speak the best English, but i didn't have too much trouble understanding her, and i feel like she has a good grasp on how difficult it can be to learn a new language. She broke us into groups and had a competition in which the teams had to try and read a paragraph with a perfect Italian accent all the way through. (No one was able to do it). After class, i went out to an Italian Restaurant with my friends John, Kyle, Chi, and Laura. We sat at the table for like 40 minutes after we finished because we did not realize that it is rude to bring the customers their check without them asking for it first. Although their are a number of cultural difference between Americans and Italians, the most obvious is the advertisements. The advertisements in Italy can be pornographic and if they are not pornographic then they are borderline pornographic.
We got Gellato at this giant mall nearby, and then we went home.