Day 15 - July 14

 Thursday. Well I am officially over half way through my trip. At first it went really slow, but now I can't believe it is half done! Weird to think about really. Today I have my food class where we make fresh pasta by hand, no machine this time. I was really happy that we got to do that because now I know how to do it at home since I don't have a machine to do it for me! We also made the famous Italian pasta dish that was spaghetti with eggs and bacon. It sounds a little odd, but is really good. I got to make this dish and was happy because it is just so easy. I hope that I will be able to remember how to do everything when I get back to St. Louis though, maybe I should be taking better notes in my recipe book when I get done making the food. That would be helpful. Then I had to come back to the apartment and finish up my stuff for my midterm at 4:15, write a paper, and pack for my weekend trip to the Amalfi Coast. I leave for that right after my photography class so I have to be ready to walk right to the train station from my class. Photography midterm went ok. It was hard, or course, but I hope that I did alright. We had to edit our pictures that we took in the market in like 30 minutes, which is not a lot of time for photoshop. Then we took a multiple choice test on the diffrent lighting settings and how to use the camera properly. Then I had to correct a picture in photoshop according to my teacher's requirements. I will be interested to find out how I did. Then we got to work with a film camera. We took pictures of each other in class yesterday, but today we had to develop them. I will just say that the dark room is so difficult! This girl and I was in there trying to get our film out of the canister and onto the film tray thingy for about a half hour. I got mine, but she could never get hers to work. It was really frustrating and I was happy that I
am doing digital photography, not film.
 Once we finished in the dark room I had to run out of the class to grab my stuff from my apartment and go to the train station in like 20 minutes. Luckily I live really close to the train station so it isn't all that long of a walk. I pack 2 swim suits, a dress and a couple shirts and head out the door. Camera charged and I can't wait to see some of the most beautiful places in the world! Too bad it takes a 7 hour bus ride to get there! :( We are staying at a hostel that is one of the nicest in Europe which is in Sorrento. It is going to be so much fun!! I can't wait to be on the beach...cliff jumping...cave diving...and touring some awesome cities. Yay!!