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Well this week was my birthday week so hooray! I am no longer a teenager! To celebrate my birthday, me and my roommates have done a variety of things throughout the week. On Tuesday, there was the last cooking class of the semester which was amazing! We had sun-dried tomatoes and ricotta pasta, quattro formaggi (four cheese) pasta, stracchino cheese on bread, and biscotti di prato dipped in Vinsanto wine. A full italian meal let me tell you. Plus then we proceeded to buy a variety of pasteries to be shared as we sit all together and talk and eat :) (this is one of the pasteries we tried)

We also went out to dinner tonight for my birthday. We went to a trattoria on Via Cavour and Sai and I shared a Mozzarella buffala pizza and a vegetario pizza (peppers, eggplant, zucchini). It was nice since we hadn't yet gone out to a restaurant and its always fun to sit with a group of people while you eat and talk! There were a few interesting differences between the restaurants here and those in America: you have to buy your water, service charge is included in the bill if you sit down, and they place a bowl of bread in front of you at the beginning of the meal but if you eat it you are charged extra! Interesting interesting haha.

I have had class as usual this week. In Batik I started my next project, which is going to be a floral design I created in different shades of blue. I have done the wax and one dip so far and I am really excited about it! It is bound to be really fun and pretty. In jewelry I started my next project which is going to be a Pinocchio pendant with movable arms and legs. We had to include rivets in the piece so it seemed like the perfect idea. I have cut and filed almost all my pieces so I have gotten a good amount of the work done which is super exciting! In fresco, I came up with my next project which is going to be a portrait of my mom and nephew. I am excited to do this even though I know it is gonna be pretty rough considering there is so much detail. This is how my first fresco turned out if you didn't see it:

I love and miss you all <3