This week was incredibly exhausting, but so much fun. Classes are going really well so far and I’m still excited about all of them. I had a particularly interesting fresco painting class. It consisted of chiseling and hammering the plaster off of the studio wall, mixing the arriccio (lime and sand), and then flinging the arriccio onto the walls and smoothing it out. Next week, we’re going to add a thing layer of plaster on top of that and practice painting for the first time. This is definitely the most physical art class I’ve had! My entire class left the studio that afternoon exhausted and covered in dust and arriccio. It’s a lot of fun though. On Tuesday, the school sponsored a free pizza night at a local pizzeria, so my friends I went there for dinner. I’m really loving all of the fun events that the Umbra Institute sets up for us. There’s usually at least one activity every week, sometimes more.
On Thursday night, I left for Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. It was pretty stressful having to focus on my schoolwork and prepare for Germany at the same time, but everything worked out really well. My flight flew out of Bologna on Friday morning, so I spent the night in Bologna (with a friend of a friend), got to the airport early, and arrived in Munich around 10:30am. The weekend was so much fun, especially because I studied German in high school, so I was finally able to practice (what I remembered of) the language! Also, a bunch of my friends from Richmond and I planned to meet up and stay together, so it was so much fun to catch up and hear all about everyone’s different abroad experiences from all over Europe. Just in my hotel room, I had friends studying abroad in Italy, Spain, and Ireland. On Friday and Saturday we went to the fairgrounds, where there were tons of rides and great food (bratwurst and pretzels). Everyone was dressed up in the traditional lederhosen outfits, singing German songs. This morning, I went on a free three-hour walking tour of Munich. On the tour, we got to see famous sites such as the Rathaus Glockenspiel, the Frauenkirche, and St. Peter’s Church. Munich is such a beautiful city and I definitely want to go back sometime! I made it back safely tonight, and now I’m so exhausted I’m going to go to bed right away! Auf wiedersehen!
The entranceway to the fairgrounds
Richmond Spiders!
The Rathaus Glockenspiel in Marienplatz
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