...Understand?

So I can now pretty much understand most of what is said to me slowly and I can speak a little. Italian is really hard though! People think I understand more than I do though. They've started to speak faster with me as well so it still difficult to understand sometimes. I come to the conclusion that even though most of them know English, they would rather just not talk to you than speak English. 

One day, One of my teacher went on strike I think, so we only had three hours of school. Some of the girls in my class invited me to go to the Centro with them and they showed me around. I enjoyed going around with other teenagers because they showed me where all the good shops were and where to find food.

Saturday, I went to the Centro with my friend Nicole who I have hung out with before. Even though she speaks English very well, I tried to speak Italian the whole afternoon, and I think I did pretty well! Tomorrow is my two months mark and I'm really proud of how far my language skills have come in such a short time.

Last weekend, Ellen and Anika who live in Vicenza, came to Bassano to tour the town and I got to meet up with them!