I fell in love this weekend...

...with a tiny town called Citerna. Many of you probably recognize that name because the Freed Hardeman/Faulkner campus is located there. Citerna is a beautiful medieval fortress located on top of a mountain, overlooking Tuscany from one side and Umbria from the other. There is only one main road, and has about 600 inhabitants. The actual campus is a hotel, perfectly placed on the side of the hill. It is very spacious and has a beautiful view.

I also got to see Elizabeth Nabors, from Great Oaks, who is studying abroad with Freed. She seems to be very happy and doing great! It was fun to see someone from home and share stories of our experiences so far.

This is the patio of the hotel. It was impossible to get a picture of the entire hotel because of its position. To see other views, you can click here, or in my links.

The beautiful view from Citerna

The main street in Citerna

The town has many different levels. This picture was taken looking down on the playground. Below the playground is the main street.

Entering the main square

Rina, Lisa, and Francesco all came to the Bible School for lessons tonight. It was fun having Rina and Lisa together again! Francesco has an English test on Wednesday, so I got to help him with that. He is also excited about the premiere of High School Musical 3, here in Italy.

We started our new Italian class today! We have 2 new students. One is from Michigan, and the other is from Slovakia. I still have Daniella as a teacher, but now I also have Ornella.
Speaking of Italian class, I have a funny story...

Reader discretion is advised:
On Friday, I had to give a presentation on the history of the English language, in Italian. Because of that, we had to talk quite a bit about the Anglo-Saxons. In Italian, "Anglo Saxons", is "Anglo Sassone." Because of a misprint by one of my group members, we proceeded to give our presentation, with more than a few mentions about the Anglo Sessone. The problem is this: "sesso" in Italian is "sex" and "one" at the end of any word causes it to mean "big." So, our presentation was not about the Saxons, like it should have been, but about BIG SEX. Yes, that's right. Our teacher knew the whole time, but didn't correct us until the end as he laughed hysterically. On top of that, we had a lovely power point so that everyone could see it, just in case they thought they heard wrong.