thank goodness it's thursday

Wow the past two weeks have been CRAZY!! My students have all been needing to change up their schedules and I've been trying to sub classes as well to make some extra cash before the season of long weekends begins. I'm also picking some odd jobs on the side... it's amazing what you can get paid to do just because you speak English ( editing resumes, writing presentations, proofreading a student's friend's novel...etc). I've seen this meme floating around a few different places and I thought it was pretty funny. Happy almost Friday!

word.

wine tasting/farmer's market a few saturday's ago

I lost my voice over the weekend so speaking in any language has been rather difficult and has made teaching classes almost impossible. The nine year old girls I tutor thought my squeaky mouse voice was hilarious though and they actually paid better attention... interesting. I've picked up a few funny words and phrases the last few weeks and also had an embarrassing word mix-up as well.

new words/phrases

1. cosquillas = tickle

2. mimo = mime, and also cuddle or caress

3. de perdidos al rio = literally translates to from lost to the river but is an expression to say we have nothing to lose or that you're all in. Like if your friend suggests doing something silly and you ok, why not? 

4. tomar el pelo = literally means to touch the hair but used like the English expression to pull one's leg

5. aprovechar = to take advantage of or make the most of. This word has been coming in handy a lot lately

6. diana = bullseye

whoops!

A few weeks ago I forgot the word for stamp (sello) and asked the cute Spanish guy working behind counter if he had any reglas for the US. Regla can mean many things; rule, ruler, principle... but is also the word for period. So embarrassing. 

Also, I found these really funny videos on youtube that I've been watching. I'm not sure if they're helping at all but they are pretty entertaining.

the rest of Rome

 

 

"fate brought us together our love keeps us a dream come true.... I love you"

All in all, Rome was great. A little too touristy, but it was Christmas. The weather was warm and the food was amazing! It's not a city I feel like I'd want or need to see again though. I envision my next Italian vacay taking place on the coast or wine tasting in Tuscany.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Vatican City

We actually didn't plan on being in Vatican City on Christmas Eve, we were just walking around and spotted it across the river and decided why not? It didn't look too far away. I'm really glad we walked over though, because it was a pretty cool experience. They had a bunch of different groups singing and hundreds of people were already lined up to get into St. Peter's Basilica for midnight mass. We also went back in the daytime to check out the Vatican Museum and of course see the Sistine Chapel, which was pretty impressive.

the Colosseum

I've never seen the movie Gladiator, but I was still really excited to visit the Colosseum. We decided to pay about 5 euro more to have a "guided tour" (really it was just a woman talking to us for 45 minutes, we didn't do a lot of walking around), and it was definitely worth it. Super informative. It's amazing to me how this place was built and how good of condition it's in considering how old it is.