After Barca I returned to Venice Marco Polo, to be welcomed by a very happy mother and father (and of course, nonna Gina). We're now spending a few days in the nothern Italian region called Trentino - Alto Adige (Sudtirol), visiting my mum's extended family. This was a big change of scenery as you find lots of little Austrian-style villages with just a few dozen houses, surrounded by mountains and lakes and vineyards... very different from the artificial chaos of Barcellona and Milan!
It was lovely to have lunch at Fonteklaus, a renowned and unique restaurant just oustide of Bressanone, where half the family lives. We have, however, been EATING TOO MUCH, As meals are some sort of currency amongst our relatives, for them to show how happy they are that we're visiting them.
It's really nice to be back in Conegliano, even though the town is swamped by mosquitoes and humidity. If all goes well, I'll be lucky enough to be visited by MJ and Luis from Milan, and will catch up with Fede (whom I visited in Valencia) later on, as well as some friends from Conegliano.
News is, I've been granted a roof under which to sleep in Grenoble! Because I hadn't had much time to look up an apartment with other French students, I've decided to accept a place at a student residence - it'll be a different experience, but I guess a change from living in flats (which I have for the past 7 months) will be nice. So I'm staying at the residence LA RABOT, situated on a hill in Grenoble, on the other side of the river to the university. I'm REALLY hoping there won't be many exchange students staying here, but I think the solution will be fun, although very similar to St George's College in Perth, where I stayed the past two years.
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