Nevica!

For those of you non Italian speakers "nevica" means snow!

Yesterday it snowed the most it has in Bologna since 1987! So, needless to say, our intensive Italian classes were cancelled and we had a nice snow day. Which for us Via Marsala girls involved sleeping later and watching tv and movies until we went to a wine and cheese get together that night. Gosh I love cheese.

Today, classes started at 10 rather than 9 which was really nice. And we have been told that classes start at 10 tomorrow as well, but we have another test :( Oh well.

After class, which went surprisingly well for me today, aka I understand a lot more than usual (probably that extra hour of sleep). After getting a delicious (and cheap) lunch at this restaurant the Dutch boys told me to try, we went on our final tour. Unfortunately, we were unable to do both University of Bologna history and Music and culture, so we focused on Music in Bologna. It was a really cool tour, both figuratively and literally (SO MUCH SNOW). The group was also really small (actually the group was our normal group of girls plus or minus a few) which made it easier for us to cover more ground, even if we were slipping and sliding all over the place.

Our first stop was at the Bologna Opera. Even though it is relatively small, it is incredibly beautiful and we even got to watch them strike some of the previous set. We plan to go see La Traviata. It is Italia's number one opera. We got to explore a little and sit in some of the box seats. I love it. I can't wait to go!

After that we went to the Bologna Museum of Music. There were some of the coolest musical scores there, and the rarest. There was the first printed musical score in the world, and the only copy that still exists in the museum as well as harps and funny looking guitars. There were a ton of musician portraits including one commissioned by Mozart when he was in Bologna. Also, the most famous singer of his time, Franelli?, ended up in Bologna and there is a HUGE portrait of him in the museum. I really enjoyed this tour because music is so close to my heart. I definitely recommend it.

Then we were to this building on Piazza Maggiore that has a public library in it and used to be where many of the Unibo students had classes before the actual school was built in one place. It is such a unique building with coat of arms of previous students covering the ceilings and walls. The room we actually went into was/is one of the most important and historic anatomy classrooms (or amphitheaters) in the world. There were statues of men as if they did not have skin, only muscle. It was so cool. Dad you would have loved it, especially since it was a classroom focused on dissection!

Alrighty, well I don't think I have much else to share at this point except that the food keeps getting better, I still dislike red wine, and I am hungry :P

Ciao!