Carnevale is finally winding down. Milano had its big celebration on Saturday. It was a little more "family-friendly" than Venice's. A lot of kids in costumes spraying me with silly string, etc. We stopped by an actual carnival with rides on Saturday afternoon just north of the castle. Those rides would SO not pass American security standards.

Today is "Women's Day" in Italia. Appearently they get a day.

I saw my first Italian play on Thursday night called Liola. My whole theatre class went. It was crazy. The audience clapped through the whole thing and the lead female role was played by a famous Italian showgirl who was making her stage debut. That really got the crowd excited. Overall, the acting was much "bigger"...it reminded me quite a bit of an American soap opera.

There was another public transportation strike on Monday after class, so I decided to walk home from IES. I had always relied on the metro and it's mystical abilities to teleport me around Milan. But after walking home, I realized the city is actually much smaller than I had originally thought. It only took me about 35 minutes, which is only ten minutes longer than my subway commute takes me. It's a nice walk, too.

I am starting to decide where I want to go for our obscenely long spring break (two weeks). I know I'm going to Nice, France and Venice (again). I think I want to do Rome and some of Southern Italy for the rest of the time. I need to get working on that.

Today is the two month anniversary of me being here. It seems more like it's been two weeks.