I've been in Vicenza for about 2.5 weeks now. It's been nice to finally settle in although we are staying very busy. My first day here we were sketching in the piazza and a man came up to me and asked if I was a future architect. I answered yes, and he became very curious. I talked to him for a bit about school and where I was from. It's always funny to answer that question because when you say Oregon all you get is a blank stare. Not many people know where it is at. This man though, knew exactly where it was and told me about his good friend that in Salem Oregon.
Vicenza is a great city and I'm adjusting to life here. It's been tough to get used to the fact that everything is closed on Sundays, and stores are closed between noon and 3 every day. Nothing is open past 7:30, so you have to run errands during the day. When you do your grocery shopping you have to go to bakeries for bread, small stores for fruits and vegetables, butchers for meat, markets for other food items.
I remember when we lived in Germany, and of course my other travels, we went to different stores for everything. I love that idea.
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