Today we went to the market.
I know it’s a hit, especially with the girls who love to shop! I told
them to also look through the food market, but I don’t think a single person
did, hahaha!! I think the food market is
the best part. If I am lucky enough to
go to Florence next spring, I will do all of my shopping for fruits and veggies
at markets. Just so much better!
I left them to shop until they dropped and I came back to
the dorms. I needed to get my metro card
sorted out (check!), I needed to pay some bills (check!) and I needed to
start recording my receipts for the program.
This year, I am going to try to take pictures of receipts so I have them
all. This is always the least favorite
aspect of the trip….ugh, such a pain!
But…so worth it, since they cover my food :o) The best part of the morning was that the
internet worked!!! Hallelujah!
We all met up at the school and watched a movie. It’s a comedy and though I’ve probably seen
it about 10 times now, I just love this movie!
Big Deal on Madonna Street is just plain funny. It’s a good natured movie about crooks and
the “big” heist. Clever and well-acted.
When the movie was over, it was time for our 2nd
lecturer. Federico Boni is hilarious! He
talks about Pop-Politix and how there are three elements: the event, the media that shapes the event,
and the resulting social aspect/views of the event. Bill Clinton playing the sax on MTV is a
perfect example. He was not a celebrity
(as such), he was a politician. But,
through the media, he became “every man” and relatable and so the media changed
how a politician is viewed.
He went off on
a little bit of a tangent about zombies, but it all worked back around to what
we were discussing. At the end, I asked him to show the two videos that
demonstrate the power of social media from about 2006. One is Berlusconi’s campaign (Meno male che
Silvio c’è) and the other was his opponent’s, Walter Veltroni (I am PD). He hates those songs and always
good-naturedly cringes when I ask him to show them!
It was a long day.
Meg and I went out to Gemelli’s for pizza and spaghetti and came home to
try to get online. It was unsuccessful,
but there you go. We tried! Maybe it will be fixed before the month
ends?? I chatted with one of the Dancing
Mormons and they were really frustrated too!
Ugh!
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