Milano

So I had my first taste of European Ultimate on Monday with the Milanese teams. I guess it's a separate men's and women's team, but they go to coed tournaments together. They're actually heading to Burla Beach Cup, which is a beach tournament in southern Italy. I'll be sitting my four hour Italian exam that Saturday, so unfortunately I won't be able to go. :(

Playing ultimate was very comforting, mainly because it's something I'm used to and something I love. We didn't really drill; we ran three-man, and then we scrimmaged the entire two hours. It appears that most of the team is comprised of older men and women, out of college, so there's a bit of an age gap, but they were extremely nice. I was very willing to learn Italian Ultimate terminologies, and they in turn loved learning the American terms. Playing with the Milan team is something I plan on doing regularly, but this might not be possible until my Italian crash course ends.

Tuesday night, we went to the club, Hollywood. Apparently many famous Italians go there, but I didn't like it. It was tiny, packed, underground, and flashy. I seem to remember a lot of people making out on the dance floor, and I ended up taking care of some girl from Wisconsin that I don't know...

Classes started Thursday with Arts and Culture II, and Business Strategy. My A&C class seems very new age, and just different: Design is manipulation! But my professor wants us to keep a blog for class (and it seems like we don't have a final at all except for our blog!) and I'm already doing that for traveling, so it's pretty awesome. My Business Strategy class is just like BC's Computers In Management class, so I don't really foresee any problems there.

And finally, to get up to speed, we (several kids from my Italian class) decided to eat chinese food at the Duomo. It was actually pretty good, and it ended up costing me 13E. I had duck and fried rice (this just makes me miss chinese food more!). And of course we went out for gelato after!