Feb. 23: Lugano

I suppose I should give an update on my life here in Lugano. I have officially completed two classes: Italian and Consumer Behavior. We are now only taking one class: Marketing Research. Our professor is a very kind man, but the material he has to lecture on is not exactly thrilling. It has been really warm here the past few days, and it is supposed to make it up to 75 on Friday! (Of course I will be traveling by then, but it’s still nice to think that winter is on its way OUT!) I work out pretty much every day- there are about ten flights of stairs that take you from the bottom of the Lugano hill/mountain to the top which has proven to be quite the work out. There is also a running path along the lake which is (not to be corny) absolutely breathtaking. Then a group of us does “Insanity” some nights- a work out video.

Part of the running path

We are provided dinners Monday through Thursday, and they alternate between meat and pasta/pizza. These have been very good and are a big part of why I try to work out every day…

This weekend, Marlee, Nichole, Noami, Shelley, Caroline, Ashley and I are going to Nice (the French Riviera)! Whitney is going to Rome, so this will be the first time we are apart (AH!!). Off to Marketing Research now!