Now
during her two month stay in Italy my girl was given a whole week to travel
around on her own. . . . .though she didn’t travel to far from the Villa.
During her travel week my girl opted to get an apartment with two of her
classmates in the large college town of Perugia. Our apartment was a nice cosy
little thing down a narrow, single (Italian) car street that had a massive
wooden door that lead from the outside up a flight of steep stairs to our two
bedroom apartment. The area was quiet and near a church so my girl and her
friends were really safe and were able to sleep in and relax without a worry in
the world.
The apartment was very close to centro Perugia, which is a big shopping and food district of Perugia, it’s also very close to the international university of Perugia. My girl and her friends had to walk fifteen minutes up four flights of escalators, all of which went through Old Perugia. Now old Perugia was built back roughly in the 1500s, maybe the 1400s, but was covered with bricks and concrete by the Pope of the time. What happened was that the citizens of Old Perugia refused to pay a salt tax which angered the Pope and the church so to show the church’s power the Pope had the citizens chased out and had the city covered so no one was able to live there. However, around the medieval times New Perugia was built over the old city and only recently (30-50 years) was the old city opened up for people to enter into.
Also during this long week my girl made some very good friends with a few bouncers, students, and bar tenders, all of which made sure that my girl was safe and well taken care of. A couple of her new friends even offered to help her find a permanent home (or share their home) and aid her in getting a job so she, as a college student, wouldn’t have to worry about a thing and just be able to stay in Perugia. One of the bouncers even offered to help her figure out how to transfer from Rocky to the International University if she so wanted. And yet again I had to remind her that she couldn’t just abandon her friends and family in the States simply on the grounds that she would be extremely miserable without them, especially since she wouldn’t have the funds to get home.
My girl had a great time in Italy, an amazing time in Perugia and was so sad to leave her new friends that she nearly bawled when she had to leave at the end of the week.
The apartment was very close to centro Perugia, which is a big shopping and food district of Perugia, it’s also very close to the international university of Perugia. My girl and her friends had to walk fifteen minutes up four flights of escalators, all of which went through Old Perugia. Now old Perugia was built back roughly in the 1500s, maybe the 1400s, but was covered with bricks and concrete by the Pope of the time. What happened was that the citizens of Old Perugia refused to pay a salt tax which angered the Pope and the church so to show the church’s power the Pope had the citizens chased out and had the city covered so no one was able to live there. However, around the medieval times New Perugia was built over the old city and only recently (30-50 years) was the old city opened up for people to enter into.
Also during this long week my girl made some very good friends with a few bouncers, students, and bar tenders, all of which made sure that my girl was safe and well taken care of. A couple of her new friends even offered to help her find a permanent home (or share their home) and aid her in getting a job so she, as a college student, wouldn’t have to worry about a thing and just be able to stay in Perugia. One of the bouncers even offered to help her figure out how to transfer from Rocky to the International University if she so wanted. And yet again I had to remind her that she couldn’t just abandon her friends and family in the States simply on the grounds that she would be extremely miserable without them, especially since she wouldn’t have the funds to get home.
My girl had a great time in Italy, an amazing time in Perugia and was so sad to leave her new friends that she nearly bawled when she had to leave at the end of the week.
My girl
had an amazing experience in Italy, we both want to go back to that beautiful
country and take part in a lot more experiences that the culture and it’s
people can offer. My girl found a new home in Italy and was very sad to say
good-bye. Though she wanted to be back in the States to see her family and her
friends she was also very sad and distressed with having to say good bye to her
new friends and a new family. My girl would never forget this trip and would
strive to make several trips back to Italy.
Ciao Italy, Vasta, Perugia. . . . . . . we’ll miss you
greatly!!!
With sad love,
M.D. and Jazz
M.D. and Jazz
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