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[ria_oaks]

Some more quick updates while I'm in an Internet cafe again... lesse. Had a fun weekend. We had Saturday off, but had to finish the first two entries of our journals so we spent most of the day sitting around by the pool and outside our trailers writing our journals and gluing postcards and stuff into them. Didn't do that great on them, either - she's a hard marker. ;_; We got them in by 6, though, then had a great evening. Almost all of us got together and had a big potluck dinner - we pulled together a few tables in front of our trailers and tossed some sheets over them for table cloths... Had a ton of food, and it was all really good. One of the girls bought speakers the other day so we had iPods and CD players hooked up and had music playing. Though we got yelled at by the security guard at least 4-5 times, heh. I don't really blame him - we were being pretty loud, especially after we finished dinner and just sat around drinking and chatting (and listening to loud music). We were up until about 1am, when he finally got fed up and made us shut up. XD Some of the others stuck around to talk quietly, but I went to bed. It was lots of fun, though. I don't exactly drink much, but I managed to drink a bit of beer, and I had a good time talking to some of the others. Didn't get involved in the crazy drinking game that was happening in one of the trailers though, heh.

Yesterday we went to Lucca and Pisa, which was lots of fun. Lucca's a really nice little town - it was a nice change of pace from Florence. Quiet, calm, not overrun by tourists... we wandered around and went to a few churches (really liked the architecture there... there were some really nice churches and such), then had something to eat. Pisa was insane, though, at least around the tower. It was just as I remembered it from last time I was there, which I think was in '99: a long line of tacky souvenir stands, and packed with tourists (and pickpockets). I just got a few postcards - I still have the tacky light-up tower that I bought last time. XD After taking the requisite tacky tourists shots of ourselves holding up the tower, a group of us took off to explore the rest of the city. Didn't really find much, but outside of the tower area it's a lot quieter and nicer. We just wandered around, had something to drink, and sat around in a small square chatting and playing with our cameras. It was fun. :)

Today was back to the typical classes and whatnot. Walked around to the various family palaces (ie. the Medici palace) and took notes, then took off for a few hours. A group of us took off with one of the guys, who's super rich, down to the expensive shopping district... went in to Gucci, Prada, Verscace, etc. He bought a 150 Euro purse for someone. o.o And almost bought 1000 Euro earrings... eek. It was cool being in there, though, especially with someone who can actually afford the stuff. XD The other girls then took off to go buy shoes, and I escaped to find an international bookstore that we'd passed cause I'm a geek. XD Then wandered towards the internet cafe, got lost, finally found it, and here I am. ;p

So, not much else to say... it's been fun. Not much time to relax, but oh well. Nothing to do when I relax, anyway, except read, draw, or watch weird Italian TV. We're going to Siena on Wednesday, which I'm looking forward to. Anyway, that's it for now. My back and wrists are killing me from using the computer. ^^; Hope everyone's doing well at home!

Comments

[bronzejarith.livejournal.com]

Like I said... c'mon, be a gold digger. Milk him for more!

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

LOL. Nah, I feel kinda bad when he buys stuff for us. ^^ Though it was cool when he bought a bunch of us roses at dinner. XD

[bk635.livejournal.com]

How many more weeks do you have until you return? It seems as though you've only been gone a few days, but it's probably been around two weeks now?

Glad you're having fun.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

I return on June 7th. And yeah, it's been 2 weeks today since I left. :) How're things going at home? What're you up to right now?

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Nothing riveting. I'm toying around with the idea of resuming my job from last year, but I'm still enjoying some downtime from the school year. Probably next week (lol).

There are a handful of movies that we have to see when you get back. :p

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's nice to take some time off to relax once school's done. :) Do you have any ideas of other jobs you might want to get if you decide not to return to that one?

Hmm, I want to see Da Vinci Code and X3, but we might be seeing the former in Rome. It's coming out here at the same time, and one of the girls (who was on a similar trip with Langara in fall) knows a place that plays movies in English. But I might save X3 for when I return, since bronzejarith wants to see it too and she'll be back in town then. Might not be time, though, b/c she leaves 2 days after I get back...

Aside from those, any other movies? I'm not certain what else is coming out this month.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Nah, I like that job. Good pay and flexible hours.

I think there's also another movie that I want to see, but I can't recall what it is right now; I'll have to see its preview again.

I really want to see Da Vinci Code as well. That was one of the movies that I was thinking of when I wrote my reply above. X3 is the other. And like I said, there's probably another too. Pirates of the Caribbean comes out around the time you guys get back, too.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a pretty good summer job. :) But it still might be good to start looking into diff ones... see my email. ^^

Pirates 2 comes out a month after I get back; July 7th. Exactly one month actually, heh. ^^ Looking forward to it...