Had my exam last week, and what a joke the Italian exam university system is! First off, you don't enrol in a subject, rather you enrol in an exam- so a month before the date you have to log onto the website and pick your exam time. Being an Erasmus student, we did not have to write the exam, only take the oral part, so things were a bit easier for us. Come the day of the exam (and after we rushed to the room realising we got the time wrong), we ended up sitting for about 3hours waiting to be called to take our test. Being towards the end of the alphabet, we had asked everyone before us what they were asking, and proceeded to learn those specifics. When it came to my turn, I actually got called up by a different examiner who had decided to enter the picture and got quizzed on completely different stuff! Good thing we did not need to pass our exam, but I managed to bluff my way through anyway!
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| That my friends, is an epic 27/30 for a bluffed exam! |
Since exams are over, the farewell parties keep rolling in. The Navigli area near our apartment building is really nice in the hot weather, and many of our nights are spent chilling at a bar together. Although it is sad to see everyone starting to leave and head home, at least now I have a bunch of places to visit and stay in next semester and when I come back to Europe! It is so weird to think that I have been here for almost 5 months already, and that the people I have become so close to over this semester will be replaced by different ones in a few months time. I have to brush up on my friends-making skills again!
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| Erasmus family, semester one |
One of the things I was hoping to be able to catch while here in Europe was the Tour de France. While I do not think that will be possible (due to travel plans!), I did manage to see the final leg of the Giro d'Italia, as it began and ended in Milan. It was so cool to see the cyclists up close and personal, and got to bring out a bit of Aussie cheer as the Australian team and some Aussie riders were competing. The start and finish lines were pretty close together, and while I only planned on watching for about an hour, I ended up making friends with some of the people around me and stayed for the whole leg- about 5 hours. At least I had finished my essay before then, and I didn't have to study for my exam, so I was in the clear!
My next big adventure begins next week, with the epic summer starting. So far my plans are Croatia-Wales-Ireland-Scotland-Turkey-Greece-Israel, and an attempt to visit Spain, Portugal, England and some other places still to be planned. Anyone visiting anywhere hit me up with your plans and we can try meet up! Hopefully more to come soon :)
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