A Few Days In...

Let me start by apologizing for my lack of posts for the past couple of days. Classes have really started to get into full swing, and between traveling and working on assignments, I'm not left with a lot of free time.

Now, let's get started.

Since I have a horrible memory, I'm just going to touch on some things that happened on Tuesday, Wednesday, and today without going into a ton of detail. This way, I get to write less, and you get to read less!

Tuesday started off with my 8AM Entrepreneurial Strategy class. Other than the time, I'm really enjoying it. The material is interesting, and the teacher looks exactly like Steve Jobs -- buzzed, gray hair, blazer, button-up shirt with no tie, slacks with no belt. I have the feeling he was trying very hard for that look. But thats neither here nor there. Anywho, this class went until 9:30, followed by an hour and a half break until my 11AM International Business class started. This teacher is very Russian. His name is Mikhail Grachev and his accent is very intimidating. His personality, however, is fantastic. He's very funny, and has experienced a lot, including helping break down the Berlin wall.

Tuesday evening, I went over to the mall in a nearby town with a group of people. It was about a quarter of the size of University Mall, but had three sports stores, a Home Depo-esque hardware store, some clothing stores, a food court, and a supermarket. The supermarket had a large cheese room:

We walked around for a while, ate some pizza and some gelato, and came back to campus.

Wednesday started the same way, but that evening, I went to Bassano del Grappa. This city was beautiful with tons of shops, cafes, and gorgeous scenery. And, of course, I forgot my camera. Once again, the iPhone will have to do.

While in Bassano, I got some fresh cheese, a blueberry and rum crepe, and (of course) some gelato. This gelato trip was more interesting than the persious ones, however. After ordering, one of my friends dropped a Euro behind the glass into the tiramisu gelato. The next couple of minutes were spent trying to articulate the incident to the woman working there, who didn't speak a lick of English. Finally, he got the message across, and left the store quite embarassed.

Now we get to today's events. Again, more classes, but today, I had a four hour afternoon Entrepreneurial Strategy class where we split into groups, came up with a business idea, and pitched it to the rest of the class, who then voted on whether it was an idea worth marketing or worth throwing in the trash. In the next week or so, we are going to have to draft a complete business plan.

This evening was spent writing a paper for my International Business class on the effects of globalization on the American economy. Fun.

Tomorrow afternoon is the official start of my first weekend during the program. Some of my friends and I are heading over to Florence for a couple of days. This being said, there will probably not be another post until Monday.

G'night everyone