Week numero cinque

Busy as a bee I have been this week! Lots of things have gone down, all of which has been awesome!!!
In Batik I got my second project back (the blue floral scarf) and I love it. The colors are so rich and beautiful and people even asked me if they could buy it from me!
I also started my third project with the keys and am currently working on waxing the scarf so I can start dipping it. I am going to dip in yellow, green, two shades of blue and purple. The background will be black and it should turn out way cool. I finished my pendent in jewelry as well and I am pretty happy with how it turned out. It is super cute and now I just need to figure out a chain to put it on.
Now we are going to start to solder metal and then we are going to start making rings which is really exciting! In fresco we worked on our third fresco in class. I finished the painting of the hand with the grapes on Friday which turned out really good and I a really excited to see it completely finished and off the tile! Its very bright and graphic and I had a lot of fun working on it. No frustration with the class this week which was refreshing, I have learned that if I don't ask for help Mario won't touch my piece so I just have to work through my problems on my own.
Thursday night I went to The Jazz Club with Kari, Clara and Olivia, which is a little underground club with live music Tuesday through Saturday. It was a Jam Session so as we sat in a booth and drank a bottle of wine, random musicians would wander in and just set up their instruments and join in to improv songs! It was so much fun to see all the different ages and instruments working together to create something beautiful.
Friday night I stayed in since I had a field trip on Saturday. Candice and Sarah's friends, Emily and Perna, who are studying in Brussels were here for the weekend. We ended up spending the night jamming to dance music and taking ridiculous mustache pictures which was super fun!

Saturday I went to Mantua with my class which made the day super long. Mantua was basically an Italian suburbia which was adorable! We went to see the Palazzo del Te to see the Fall of the Giants which was very interesting and cool to see since I had studied it in a previous art history class. We mainly went to see various Palazzi which was amazing to see the frescoes and the way the old Italian families made sure to surround themselves with lavish beauty!

After I got back and ate dinner we decided to go out on the town and really do as the Italian's do! So we first went to the Shot Bar, which is right next to our apartment and is constantly packed on the weekends. I proceeded to order everyone's drinks since it was crowded  (so first time I have ever ordered drinks at a bar done haha). It was packed full of people our age and was pretty uncomfortable so we didn't spend too long there.
Then we proceeded to go to the Jazz Club which was packed by the time we went there! We all squished into a tiny booth and listened and danced to the Big Black Mama's Blues Band, which was fantastic. My new favorite instrument is the electric harmonica! The guy would rock out like it was an electric guitar and it was so much fun! Needless to say, it was an amazing night and we plan on spending many nights at the Jazz Club grooving away :)

Fun week over all and I am excited for this next one!!! Ciao amici