Chiara passed out our exams for her today; not the best but good enough for now I suppose. We went over the exam and its entirety. We also met our new Italian professor today. Her name is Francesca and so far she seems really nice and I think she will be able to do as well as Chiara. She helped us while we went over our test when Chiara was not able to. As we finished going over the test, Chiara passed out magazines to us for us to find a picture to describe for our oral portion of the exam. We had to be able to describe about what the people in the picture was wearing, where they were, their physical and emotional appearances, as well as their ages. Chiara and Francesca also asked me random questions about myself and how I had liked Italy thus far. After everyone had finished the oral part of the exam, a few of the girls brought in pastries and juices for us to have a little farewell party to Chiara. As a farewell gift, she was given a Meredith umbrella. She will be truly missed and hopefully Francesca is as good of a professor as Chiara is. But at least we get to see her for one more day for sure tomorrow in Perugia.
In Italy Today, we had a guest come talk to us about the Italian political party from the Democratic side of Italy. His name was Michele Boncompagni, and he is a secretary of the Democratic Party of Italy. It was interesting to learn about the more modern day politics of Italy. The earliest date he talked about was in 1991 when the Left Democratic Party was founded after the dissolution of the Italian Communist Party. Michele talked about politics up to today.
Well it’s time for me to pack for my weekend in Ferrara and Venice.