diary: 17-25 December 2001
I'm Julia, Australian girl and 16. I arrived in Italy on the 17
December and I'm staying in Sandra Berti's house in Campomigliaio, 15
minutes from Borgo San Lorenzo. The trip from Sydney was terrible, I was
travelling alone for 23 hours so it was boring and lonely, there was a
stopover in Singapore for 3 hours and in Rome for an hour. My advice would
be not to travel alone, ever.
I'm attending school with Sandra, in class 5G. In Australia I attend a
private, catholic school which is very strict with a uniform and a lot of
rules. School in Italy couldn't be more different, I found it surprising
that everyone smoked between classes (even the teachers) and the amount of
graffiti on the walls outside was also a surprise.
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I don't find it a bad thing, just different, and a bit crazy. |
Driving and road rules are also very different, in Australia when there
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are people crossing the road at the strisce the cars stop, apparently |
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The weather. I have never been this cold in my life. Even in winter it doesn't get this cold. There are a lot more apartments in Italy, we have bigger houses, with carpet. I'll let you know more in a few days! Ciao! |
Diary 26th Dec. 2001 St. Stephen or Boxing Day
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Ciao a tutti!! |
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mercatino San Lorenzo. Penso Firenze e' pił vecchio e le costruzioni sono grandissime. C'erano tante persone che facevano shopping per Natale. Penso e' una bella cittą. Per tornare a casa abbiamo preso il treno e per la prima volta ho visto nevicare, era molto bello. |
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Ho conosciuto gli amici di Sandra e siamo andati a qualche festa. |
Diary entry n°3 from Dec 25TH in the evening to 2nd Jan scritto a 4 mani da me e da Sandra Berti VG
The page with the diary on it won't come up, Ithink the
last thing we wrote about was christmas so I'll start from there.
Christmas night we went to 2 pubs and Teen Club, which was a lot of fun.
Sandra introduced me to a lot of people that she knew and we danced etc.etc.
On Santo Stefano- or in Australia, Boxing Day, we had another huge lunch
and that night we went out with some guys. Il giorno dopo, stranamente
,il sole splendeva, cosi' decidemmo di andare a pattinare sul ghiaccio
a Firenze. It was very busy and the ice wasn't very good, but it was still
fun. Anche se Sandra non sa pattinare molto bene...infatti ho dovuto trainarla
per piu' di un'ora..!!!!!! On the 28th we went to Pisa with Erica- one
of Sandra's friends. It took quite a while to get there but it was worth
it. We payed £30 000 to climb the tower, all 294 steps. The view
from the top was excellent. The other monuments surrounding the tower
are also very beautiful.
The 30th was my birthday, The Bertis gave me a wonderful book on the Mugello
region written in both italian and english, with many beautiful photos.
Piera also made a huge cake. Tommy (il ragazzo della Sandra) came to visit
in the afternoon and we went to the house of Elena, one of Sandra's friends.
For ultimo del'anno, we were meant to go to a party in Firenzuola but
it was snowing so we couldn't go. Instead, we went to a party in Londa.
I was the youngest there. We also went to Borgo San Lorenzo as the party
wasn't that good.
On the 1st we slept until 12.30 and then went to Borgo San Lorenzo with
Tommy, then the fuochi d'artificio sul Lago Di Bilancino, which were very
nice, though it was a bit cold...
Last night (2nd) we went to a pub in Barberino called The Legend, I finally
found a place that serves Bacardi Breezers. I paid in Lire and got my
change in Euro...everyone is very excited about the new money, for me
the Lire is stranger because it is all in hundreds and thousands, the
Euro is more similar to our Dollar.
Today Sandra had a driving lesson, I came along in the car with her and
her teacher, Pietro. She's not a bad driver...
Bye for now!
Diary entry n°4 from Jan 6th to Jan 15th
