snowy Torino

Today was the second snowy day in Torino and unfortunately I had to get up early, go to school, and make a presentation on my paper. It was snowing relatively hard, and the streets, cars, and roofs were all covered in the snow. Even though it's only the second time it snowed, I'm already tired of it. It's beautiful and christmasy, but it makes the road really difficult to walk on. I have yet to find a good pair of snow boots with good tractions. It took me 30 minutes to go to school today because I was being very careful at every step i took so I don't slip. The presentation went okay, I never liked public speaking but it was much easier to give a speech to a group of people whose english comprehension is questionable... especially the professor. I tried my best to talk very slow to drag out the time as well as to be more comprehensible. I was supposed to go to Carmagnola to study for FInancial instrument with a couple of students at Lauren's house, but it was just too snowy and cold for me to make a 30 minute train ride.

On a different note, my housemate Ennio left to go back to Sicily today. We were supposed to go out to dinner with him last night but he had something to do in school and had to pack so we just ate at home. Then the whole night we spent trying to watch the Inter-Bremen champions league game on his computer but the connection failed us. I was very excited that he's going home at first because now I have the bathroom all to myself. But this morning after saying goodbye I felt a little sad. He was my italian teacher due to the fact he spoke almost zero English. We had a lot of fun times together watching and talking about soccer and relationship. He said my speaking and comprehension improved a lot since the first day we met. now that he's gone, I really have no opportunity to practice my italian anymore.

Next week is final, and then Lulu is coming on wednesday. We still haven't really made any plans for our 3 weeks vacation.