...Remember My Grandma?

I guess I don't really know where to start. My grandma passed away a couple weeks ago. I don't really know exactly what happened, but it was unexpected. In some ways I think I'm lucky to be so far from home right now. I don't really have to deal with the sadness of her not being there anymore. However, I think it will really hit me hard when I have to go home and she's not there anymore. I had a different kind of relationship with my grandma than I think most people do. She was always there for me whether I asked for it or not and would drop what she was doing to help me or take me somewhere. I thought I would have at least another ten years with her. I thought she would be there when I graduated high school and college. I thought maybe she would meet the person I'm going to marry and maybe even make it to my wedding. I guess that's what sucks about being the youngest in the family, you get the least amount of time with everyone. But, I'm glad I have so many memories to remember her by and I'm lucky to have spent so much time with her. My grandma was strong, independent women and a great role model. And I will forever love and miss her.

 

<3

 

...La Cinema?

I'm sorry I know I haven't wrote anything in a really long time, but I'm on Christmas break now, so I'll be able to catch up! So the weekend after I went to Cremona I went to the movies with my friend Nicole and some other people. We went to see Catching Fire (La Ragazza di Fuoco). It was in Italian of course. This isn't the first movie I've watched in Italian. I've also watch Forest Gump, The Tourist, Slum Dog Millionaire,  Into the Wild, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and The Sound of Music. I was a little disappointed though because I understand almost nothing of Catching Fire. All the other movies I had a pretty good idea of what the characters were talking about, but this time I only understood a little. I think this is strange because I've read all the books. The only part I really 100% understood was when Katniss is having a nightmare and Peeta lays with her and she says something and he answered forever (per sempre). I guess I'll just have to wait and buy the movie and watch it again. I also want to add that Italian movie theaters are really nice. The seats are ginormous and really soft.

...Cremona?

Okay so Cremona is a really long story that I don't really want to retell right now. So I'm just going to post pictures instead. (We went to a festival of Torrone which is a typical Italian dessert eaten around Christmas time).

 

Me and Ellen in our Italian coats!

A Torrone mascot person

Desserts everywhere!!!

 

A Puppet show

The watch tower

(Almost every town I've been to has one)

The Cathedral

A giant violin

(I'm pretty sure it was made out of torrone)

There was also a little renaissance fair

Side walk art!

 

So it was a very long interesting weekend but it was also very hard. Although I didn't tell you the story, I think it's something I will laugh at later in life