Well Milan was an incredible city. All the sights, the sounds, the smells...it's unlike anything else. It was a great growing period for me and I had to adjust to new ways of communication, new public transportation and new culture differences. The food was just ridiculously good and I ate more bread and cheese then I knew possible. I have a new and deep love for Italian Gelato as well. We had a very bsy week with CI projects and two shows. For CI we thought we'd be building a Catwalk but instead we helped prepare for an exhibition of artwork that was being held as a fundraiser for the Amici de Bambini foundation. The shows went well and I got to sing my first (and hopefully not last ; ) ) solo in Up With People...in Italian. Vanessa and I sang Di Che Colore together and it was a big hit with the audience. After the show I got may hugs and kisses which was very uplifting. I was soo nervous to perform an Italian song, but th
e fact that it wasn't perfect seemed to make it that much more endearing to the audience.. The first night I was struck by the song we sing called One to One. I have always conected to this song, but for some reason I began to think of Melanie and how much this song applied to her life. Her life was singing and the chourus in the song goes "We'll be there. We'll be singing one more song. We'll be there, even though the road is long. When tomorrow comes together we'll be there." It was a very powerful moment for me and I am glad to know that I can always remember Melanie through this song. My host family took us around Milan on our free day and we got to ride to the top of the Duomo (a very large famous church in Milan) and walk aro
und the roof of the Duomo. The only negative thing about Milan is that my body finally gave in after 60 hours of traveling and I g
ot sick. But that didn't ruin my time in a Milan one bit - I loved walking around the city and enjoying the culture. We went to the Castello (castle) and played in the fountain, which was very silly but fun. I can not wat to go back to Italy and see more of it - Venice, Rome, Florence, etc. Now its off to Switzerland!!! The land of chocolate. YUM!
Well Milan was an incredible city. All the sights, the sounds, the smells...it's unlike anything else. It was a great growing period for me and I had to adjust to new ways of communication, new public transportation and new culture differences. The food was just ridiculously good and I ate more bread and cheese then I knew possible. I have a new and deep love for Italian Gelato as well. We had a very bsy week with CI projects and two shows. For CI we thought we'd be building a Catwalk but instead we helped prepare for an exhibition of artwork that was being held as a fundraiser for the Amici de Bambini foundation. The shows went well and I got to sing my first (and hopefully not last ; ) ) solo in Up With People...in Italian. Vanessa and I sang Di Che Colore together and it was a big hit with the audience. After the show I got may hugs and kisses which was very uplifting. I was soo nervous to perform an Italian song, but th
e fact that it wasn't perfect seemed to make it that much more endearing to the audience.. The first night I was struck by the song we sing called One to One. I have always conected to this song, but for some reason I began to think of Melanie and how much this song applied to her life. Her life was singing and the chourus in the song goes "We'll be there. We'll be singing one more song. We'll be there, even though the road is long. When tomorrow comes together we'll be there." It was a very powerful moment for me and I am glad to know that I can always remember Melanie through this song. My host family took us around Milan on our free day and we got to ride to the top of the Duomo (a very large famous church in Milan) and walk aro
und the roof of the Duomo. The only negative thing about Milan is that my body finally gave in after 60 hours of traveling and I got sick. But that didn't ruin my time in a Milan one bit - I loved walking around the city and enjoying the culture. We went to the Castello (castle) and played in the fountain, which was very silly but fun. I can not wat to go back to Italy and see more of it - Venice, Rome, Florence, etc. Now its off to Switzerland!!! The land of chocolate. YUM!
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