Typical Day
A typical day would be to wake up at 8:00am, shower, grab books and a water bottle, and head for language class. I'd park my bike and walk down the block to a bar to get a pastry and a cappuccino, and chat for a few minutes with classmates. Italian class lasts from 8:50-9:45. Then, I'd ride to Energy Systems class. Prof. Uddin would lecture from 10:20 to 11:50 with one break in the middle. A guest lecturer would come from 12:00-1:00pm. The class would ride to the school cafeteria, and eat until 2:00.
After lunch, we'd check email in the school computer lab. Afternoon activities are usually done in small groups, such as exploring a museum in Pisa, taking a train to the beach, etc. We'd meet up for dinner at 7:30 in the cafeteria, and do chores, study, or nap for a couple hours afterwards. Everyone would meet up to get gelato and go out to a bar to drink and listen to music until 1:00am. I'd get home, write in my diary, and get as much sleep as possible to get ready to do it again tomorrow.
Overall schedule for the four weeks
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WEEK 1 |
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
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Energy Systems |
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Italian Language |
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X |
X |
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Italian Culture |
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X |
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Italian History |
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Field trip |
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Rome |
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Free time |
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Rome | Rome |
| WEEK 2 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Energy Systems | X | X | X | ||||
| Italian Language | |||||||
| Italian Culture | X | ||||||
| Italian History | |||||||
| Field trip | GE plant | geothermal | Florence | ||||
| Free time | X |
| WEEK 3 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Energy Systems | X | X | X | ||||
| Italian Language | X | X | X | ||||
| Italian Culture | X | ||||||
| Italian History | |||||||
| Field trip | fusion plant | ||||||
| Free time | X | Venice | Venice |
| WEEK 4 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Energy Systems | X | X | |||||
| Italian Language | X | X | X | X | |||
| Italian Culture | |||||||
| Italian History | X | X | |||||
| Field trip | |||||||
| Free time |