Kære Allesammen! [ENGLISH BELOW]
Ja, der er gået et stykke tid siden jeg sidst postede her på bloggen! Men når man har det sjovt, så flyver tiden! Jeg har nu været i Pavia i lidt over to uger og er begyndt på universitetet sådan for alvor. Jeg har tænkt mig om, og lagt halvdelen af kurserne i den første halvdel af semestret. Det vil sige, at jeg lige nu kun følger to kurser. Det ene hedder ”Italiano L2: acquisizione e didattica” (Italiensk som andet fremmedsprog, tilegnelse og didaktik) mens det andet fag hedder ”Pragmatico e linguistico del testo” (Pragmatik og lingvistik i ’almen litteratur’). Det er to kurser, som undervises af Cecilia Andorno, som alle Jer italiensk-sprogkyndige fra KUA godt ved hvem er! Hun er verdens rareste menneske og tager sig god tid til os Erasmus studerende, som måske lige skal have visse pointer gentaget et par gange eller fem. Jeg har skemafri hver mandag og tirsdag, og har timer 11-16 om onsdagen, 9-13 om torsdagen og 9-13 om fredagen. Jeg ved ikke hvordan timerne kommer til at lægge i den næste halvdel af semestret (fra midt-april), men jeg regner med, at det er ligeså.
Så, der er jo sket en del siden sidst. Så lad mig starte fra en ende af. En dejlig solskinsdag besluttede jeg mig for at tage toget til Milano. Det er en lille tur på små 20 minutter, og fulgtes med Viki (fra Grækenland) og Stef (fra Tyskland). Vi kedede os og ville bare lege lidt turister i Milano. Det var dog en vældig vældig skidt dag, som vi havde udset os at tage af sted på. Der var karneval i byen, og derfor konfetti og en milliard mennesker overalt. Vi kunne knapt sparke os igennem menneskemængden, men fik dog mast os igennem køen til at komme ind i domkirken i Milano. Dernæst spadserede vi igennem galleriet og videre ud på den anden side til Scala Operaen. Ikke så langt derfra ligger en boghandel – HOEPLI, og dér tog vi hen og at købe lidt litteratur til de dejlige solskinsdage ved floden i Pavia. De har et meget stort udvalg af tekstlingvistiske bøger og andre grammatikker, så jeg var i himlen! Dernæst fandt vi en lille Panino-bar (Sandwich sted) og købte os lidt snacks og satte os i solen på pladsen foran domkirken. Vi havde alle for længst smidt jakken og tørklædet for der var mindst 25 grader i solen. På vej tilbage til stationen ser vi en reklame, hvorpå der er et sløret billede af domkirken og teksten [oversat]: ”Den 28. februar klokkken 20.00, vil Domkirken tale til dig”. Det lød sært, så vi besluttede os for at undersøge det nærmere. (Mere om denne historie senere i dette indlæg). Vi tog tilbage til stationen, og her kommer et lille tip til alle jer turister der vil rejse med toget i Italien; selvom selskabet, TRENITALIA, varetager al togtrafik er priserne vidt forskellige. Fra Pavia til Milano kan du betale lige fra 3,75€ til 13€ - og det er samme strækning, dog med en ekstra rejse tid på alt fra 5-10 minutter. Det kan godt betale sig at undersøge billetterne nærmere, for priserne afhænger af hvor ”nyt” og hvor ”hurtigt” toget kører. TRENITALIA’s hjemmeside er en jungle for alle ikke-italienere by the way.
Her begynder mit helbred at skrante – efter turen i Milano kommer jeg hjem og sætter mig i køkkenet hos Patri og Angy. Jeg får næseblod og det holder ikke op før 20 min. senere. Det samme sker de efterfølgende dage og jeg bliver beordret til lægen (Mere om dette senere – alt skal jo selvfølgelig ske i kronologisk rækkefølge!). Dagen efter er vi nogle Erasmus studerende som vil prøve nogle af de mange spændende små spisesteder, der er at finde i Pavia. Vi udser os et lille Hosteria ikke så langt fra min lejlighed. Priserne er meget fair og vi bestiller GNOCCHI (kartoffelpasta) med en lækker cremet ostesovs. Autentisk og meget smagfuldt! Vi skal bestemt derhen igen. Trods at jeg er på studieophold er jeg her bestemt også for at smage både mad og vin! Dernæst legede vi igen turister i Pavia og fandt mange små sjove butikker og forretninger inden turen gik ned til Ticino-floden med en espresso i hånden ;) Aftenens udskejelser stod på APERITIVO på ”Loft 10”. Og lad mig lige hurtig forklare, hvad en APERITIVO egentlig er. Det foregår således at man går ind på en bar og bestiller en aperitivo. Man kan derefter vælge en valgfri drink/øl (selv Long Island Ice tea) og derefter gå amok i buffeten , til den nette sum af 7€. Nogle steder dobler din drink, hvis du betaler 10€. En af de aperitivoer som jeg har været til, havde en rund parmasanost stående i buffeten, og så kunne man selv skære sig et stykke – et stykke, som du måske betaler 60-80 kr for i supermarkedet derhjemme i Danmark! I denne uge alene har vi været til fire aperitivoer, og jeg foretrækker helt klart den som ”Loft 10” afholder. Der er aperitivoer hver aften, så hvis man ikke lige gider lave mad, så tager man et sted hen; drikker sig småfuld og spiser sig mæt. Det er herligt! På Loft 10 bestilte jeg en mojito, men de var løbet tør for mintblade, så jeg bad bartenderen om ”fammi una sorpresa” (Overrask mig!). Og det var noget rødt jordbærstads jeg fik – som egentlig var meget lækkert! Jeg spurgte bartenderen, hvad det var for en drink, og hun sagde, at det var en hun selv havde fundet på – men at hun ville opkalde den efter mig. Så nu har vi en ”drink Malene” på Loft 10 ( :
For nogle dage (28. februar) siden tog jeg med Stef hen på universitetet for at møde min Erasmus-koordinator, men hun var der ikke, så vi endte med at gå rundt på hele universitetet for at se, hvor alting var. Vi fandt det gamle (og meget flotte) bibliotek og fik en private tour af den søde bibliotekar. Samme aften tog vi toget til Milano, for Domkirken ville jo tale til os klokken 20. Denne gang havde vi engelske Victoria med udover græske Viki, tyske Stef og jeg selv. Klokken 20.00 begynder et imponerende lysshow der lyser hele facaden op. Efter 20 minutter var det dog ovre og vi måtte kæmpe os igennem de 25.000 mennesker for at komme ned til metroen – det lykkedes efter en del anstrengelser!
I disse dage har Angela besøg af sin tvillingesøster Irene og hendes to veninder, Noémi og Fanny. Francisco havde tidligere på ugen, besøg af sin kusine Adriana fra Venezuela; så vi havde hytten fuld af folk! I går holdt vi spansk aften; Angela lavede spansk tortilla og en slags salat (uden salat) der bestod af noget tomatsalsa, artiskokker, tun og æg – enormt lækkert. Min ven Matteo fra Milano kom forbi til middag også, og det samme gjorde Stef og Viki. Matteo havde en pakke med til mig, som min søde søde håndbold-buddy, Louise, havde sendt mig (hun havde sendt den til ham for at være sikker på, at jeg fik den). Der var påskeæg og RUGBRØD i pakken – så nu er jeg reddet - i hvert fald den næste måneds tid!. Jeg lavede lagkage til dessert og det var et stort hit. Åbenbart har spaniere aldrig set/vidst at man kan piske fløde til flødeskum. Ifølge dem er flødeskum noget man får på som spray.
Og så er vi kommet til i dag. Jeg har været til timer på uni, vasket tøj, shoppet og været til endnu en aperitivo (med Victoria, Viki og Stef) og det var ganske ganske lækkert! Og så lovede jeg vidst tidligere i denne post, at jeg ville fortælle om læge-besøget. Så – here goes. Lægen kunne konstatere at jeg skulle have en recept på nogle piller og sendes til en specialist. Denne recept var en POST-IT note - (det siger vel lidt om standarden, ahem??). Derudover har jeg det fint. Næsen har ikke skabt sig i dag.
I morgen er der ”åbent marked” på Piazza Petrarca – så jeg må hellere komme i seng! I får lige et par billeder fra den seneste tid herunder.
Mange hilsner og ciao ciao,
Malene
Aperitivo!
DEAR EVERYBODY!
Okay, it’s been a while since I last posted on the blog. But you all know; whenever you’re having fun, time flies! I’ve been to Pavia for a little more than two weeks now and have started my classes at the university. I did a little thinking and planned to do half of the courses this first half of the semester. That means that I’m only doing two classes at the moment. The first one is “Italiano L2: acquisizione e didattica” (Italian as a second language: acquisition and didactics). The second course is “Pragmatico e linguistic del testo” (Pragmatcis and linguistics of the common text). Both courses are taught by Cecilia Andorno, who is quite famous within the world og Italian grammar and didactics of the Italian. She’s the nicest person on earth really and makes sure that she speaks slow so the Erasmus students are understanding everything. I don’t have classes on Mondays and Tuesdays, but I do have classes 11-4 on Wednesdays, 9-1 on Thursdays and 9-1 on Fridays. I don’t know how my classes are gonna be organized in the second half of the semester (mid-april), but I expect them to be held on the same days during the same hours.
Okay, it’s been a while since I last posted on the blog. But you all know; whenever you’re having fun, time flies! I’ve been to Pavia for a little more than two weeks now and have started my classes at the university. I did a little thinking and planned to do half of the courses this first half of the semester. That means that I’m only doing two classes at the moment. The first one is “Italiano L2: acquisizione e didattica” (Italian as a second language: acquisition and didactics). The second course is “Pragmatico e linguistic del testo” (Pragmatcis and linguistics of the common text). Both courses are taught by Cecilia Andorno, who is quite famous within the world og Italian grammar and didactics of the Italian. She’s the nicest person on earth really and makes sure that she speaks slow so the Erasmus students are understanding everything. I don’t have classes on Mondays and Tuesdays, but I do have classes 11-4 on Wednesdays, 9-1 on Thursdays and 9-1 on Fridays. I don’t know how my classes are gonna be organized in the second half of the semester (mid-april), but I expect them to be held on the same days during the same hours.
And yes, a lot has happened since the last post. Let me start by saying this: A lovely sunny day, I decided to take the train to Milan. It’s 20-minute train journey and I brought Viki (From Greece) and Stef (From Germany) along with me. We were kinda bored so we wanted to go act tourist-like in Milan. It was, however, a very bad day to go to Milan. There was a carnival in town on the same day, and also tons of confetti and a billion people everywhere. We could hardly come from A to B, but did, finally, go into the Dome and looked around. After that, we walked through the Gallery and further out to see the Scala Opera. A few blocks away, there is an enormous book shop called HOEPLI and we went there to buy books for the lovely sunny days by the river in Pavia. They have a very big collection of text linguistic books and other grammar books – I was in heaven! After that, we found a little Panino place, bought snacks and sat in the sun. It was warm and sunny – and it was lovely really. On the way back to the central station in Milan, we see this ad which has a blurry picture of the dome on it and a text saying [translated]: “On Feb 28 at 8pm, the dome will talk to you”. It was weird so we decided that we would go and check it out once the day came (read more about it later in this post). We went back to the station and here’s a tip for y’all tourists who wanna travel by train in Italy; even though the company TRENITALIA, is the company that manages all train traffic in Italy, the prices are very varied. From Pavia to Milan you can pay everything between 3,75€ and 13€ - same distance, though about 5-10 minutes extra or less travel time, depending on the train. It’s worth looking into the different tickets since the prices depend on how fast and ‘new’ the train is. TRENITALIA’s website’s a jungle by the way for all non-italians.
This is where my health is starting to be poor – after my trip to Milan I come home, sit in the kitchen together with Patri and Angy. I get a horrible nose bleed and it doesn’t stop until 20 minutes later. Same things happens the following days and my roomies order me to go see the doc (More about this later – everything’s gotta go down here the way and in the order they went down!). The day after, I try not to think about my nose and go out for lunch in one of the many restaurants in Pavia. I went with three other Erasmus students and had amazing “Gnocchi” (pasta made from potatoes). The restaurant was called IL CUPOLONE, not so far away from my apartment. The prices are very good and the ambient is very authentic. We are definitely going there again! Even though I’m here to study, I’m definitely also here to drink and taste!
This is where my health is starting to be poor – after my trip to Milan I come home, sit in the kitchen together with Patri and Angy. I get a horrible nose bleed and it doesn’t stop until 20 minutes later. Same things happens the following days and my roomies order me to go see the doc (More about this later – everything’s gotta go down here the way and in the order they went down!). The day after, I try not to think about my nose and go out for lunch in one of the many restaurants in Pavia. I went with three other Erasmus students and had amazing “Gnocchi” (pasta made from potatoes). The restaurant was called IL CUPOLONE, not so far away from my apartment. The prices are very good and the ambient is very authentic. We are definitely going there again! Even though I’m here to study, I’m definitely also here to drink and taste!
The day after, we toured a bit of Pavia and found many fun little shops before we ended up by the Ticino river with an espresso. The night’s excesses consisted of an APERITIVO at “LOFT 10”. Let me just explain y’all really quick what an APERITIVO is. You go into a bar that do aperitivi and pay 7€ (most places it’s 7€). With that, you can choose any drink you want and go crazy at the buffet. Some bars will double your drink if you pay 10€ in total. One of the aperitivo’s I’ve gone to had a huge parmesan cheese at the buffet, and you could cut yourself a piece – a huge piece that you would pay 10$ for at the grocery store. This week alone, I’ve gone to four aperitivo’s, and out of all of them, I prefer the one that LOFT 10 hosts. It’s possible to go to aperitivo every night in case you just don’t wanna cook. You go somewhere, get a little tipsy and eat till you drop. It’s lovely. At LOFT 10, I ordered a Mojito, but they were out of mint, so I told the bartender “Fammi una sorpresa” (Surprise me!). She gave me some red, strawberry sugary stuff which was quite good actually. I asked her what was in it, but it was a drink that she made up. She then told me that she would name the drink after me, so now you can order a Drink Malene at LOFT 10 !
So, on february 28, I went with Stef to uni, to go see our coordinator, but she wasn’t there, so we ended up walking around campus, just to discover things. We found the old (and PRETTY) library and the nice librarian gave us a private tour and told us stories. The same evening, I went with Stef, Viki and Vicky to Milan for that event we saw on the poster in the metro. At 8pm, an impressive light show starts, and illuminates the front of the Dome. It was amazing, but only lasted 20 minutes and after that, we had struggled to get to the metro station.
These days, Angela has three girls visiting; her twin sister Irene and two friends, Noémi and Fanny. Fran had his cousin Adriana from Venezuela sleeping over earlier this week, so it was full of people in the apartment. Yesterday we threw a Spanish night; Angela made Spanish tortillas and a kind of salad (with no lettuce) which consisted of some sort of tomato salsa, artichokes, tuna and eggs – it was niiiice. My friend Matteo from Milan came by too, and the same did Stef and Viki. Matteo brought me a package that my sweet friend Louise (That I play handball with in CPH) had sent me. She had sent it to him, to make sure that I would get it. It was a nice surprise since she sent me easter eggs and rye bread – i’m saved, at least for a month! Anyhow, I made “lagkage” for dessert (a cake with layers) and it was a big hit.
These days, Angela has three girls visiting; her twin sister Irene and two friends, Noémi and Fanny. Fran had his cousin Adriana from Venezuela sleeping over earlier this week, so it was full of people in the apartment. Yesterday we threw a Spanish night; Angela made Spanish tortillas and a kind of salad (with no lettuce) which consisted of some sort of tomato salsa, artichokes, tuna and eggs – it was niiiice. My friend Matteo from Milan came by too, and the same did Stef and Viki. Matteo brought me a package that my sweet friend Louise (That I play handball with in CPH) had sent me. She had sent it to him, to make sure that I would get it. It was a nice surprise since she sent me easter eggs and rye bread – i’m saved, at least for a month! Anyhow, I made “lagkage” for dessert (a cake with layers) and it was a big hit.
And here we are, today. I’ve been to classes at uni, done my laundry, shopped and went to another aperitivo with Vicky, Viki and Stef (At the LOFT of course :P ). And I did also promise y’all to tell you more about my doctor’s visit. He stated that my nose was ‘out of order’ (as he so beautifully put it) and gave me a prescription (on a post-it hahah!). Other than that, I’m great. The nose’s fine so far.
Tomorrow I’m going to an “open market” at Piazza Petrarca – so I better get to BED! Check out the photos above!!
XOXOXOXOXO,
Malene
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