1st day class and trip to a grand palace

May 16, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

Got up on time!

Showed up at 9:15am to meet with 24 students outside of the classroom building to go to class at 930. Saved wore nicer clothes 😜

Italy has a lot of old fashioned bureaucracy like India. To get to the building I need a card (students can't get in) and to get to a classroom, I need keys. Which I have to check out every day, but sighing a book and return and all that.

All students were there, except 1. Told the other leaders about it, started class, got message that his alarm didn't work - so he's late - went out to get him in the middle of the class.

But the class went well. Students were good. Covered everything I wanted to cover. Their exam is next week - so I had to cover those topics. So it was a success.

Got to know that there is some day trip planned right after class. So grabbed a little to eat and went to train station. Spent the rest of the day with students exploring an old fancy palace .. used by the Savoy family (big deal in Italy history... Kind of like the last king family until WWII) .. it was their palace to chill out and have fun on weekends. Its called La Vaneria Reale ( means something like royal hinting palace .. where they will come for entertainment, hunting, "fun" stuff 😀)

Took a lot of 360 videos with my camera. Some of the students were curious to see the video. So when I came back, I spent about 4 hours editing those and made a 9 minute long video.

Asked myself why. Answered: why not .. I enjoy learning how to edit 360 videos, that's new to me. So I did it. Until 4am. Ate some of the breakfast that Gabriella set up the night before.

Can't post the whole video here, but here's the link.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/KjckuKgNeQrRhP546

Ended the day with gelatos for everyone in the group. I got a mango+pistachio 2 scoop gelato. Mango was amazing. Pistachio had a burnt flavor that was new to me. Was disturbed but a map of India on. the wall of the gelato shop.

Came home. Real tired. Raining outside. Should get a kebap sandwich.Read more