Buona Sera!
It is currently 11:31pm in Bologna in Daria's apartment. A fan is set up in the red tiled floor to assist the kitchen air from becoming as sticky as the rest of Bologna. Two of us dressed in t-shirts and boxer shorts work on the white marble top kitchen table: one studying for her last exam-a finalization of the said semester abroad, the other typing her first blog entry of the summer in foreign lands, or as it seems. Spending a summer between studying in Italy and trail construction in California is definitely 'abroad,' having never stepped foot in either place definitely constitutes as 'abroad' for me. (Although technically in CA through a plane connection, but that's a detail you and I can agree to ignore).
This summer I will be studying in Venice, Italy through the Printmaking Department focusing a studio class in book binding and art history class on the Venice Biennale. First I visited Daria for a week (where I am currently), then in Venice studying. After which I will head out home on June 15th. Then on June 16th I fly out to California for an internship in trail maintenance and construction in Whiskeytown Recreation Area in Northern (central) California, a job I found through the Student Conservation Association. Moving natural objects, restoring trails, etc. lasts from June 16th through August 17th, when I fly home to White Plains, NY. And start my senior year at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) at the very beginning of September.
Yes, this is an introduction to the blog, it will be up and running as a 'true' blog shortly, as this will be a chronicle of the trip for both you, my friends and family and random readers, and myself. Until then, I will leave you.
Hopefully the summer heat is bringing a break and peace from the business that spring can at times provoke.
Ciao!
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