se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore

--that is the title of the next book i am going to read, and i'm really excited. i have found that it's really easy for me to read in italian, as long as it's not the newspaper. the author is italo calvino, and i have already read one of his books, albeit a very short one, because we had to read it in italian 201. so i already conosco his style. apparently each chapter of this book is a different opening to the same novel. or something. and each time it is in a different setting. how about i let you know.

today after lessons i am zooming over to the train station... i am going to sleep in rimini tonight, see san marino tomorrow (the world's oldest and smallest republic? a city composed of three castles on a cliff 1000 meters tall. population 26,000), and then go to ravenna, city of mosaics, saturday afternoon and sunday. it's pretty far away but i really need to get out this weekend and see the ocean. i realized that i am drawn to visit cities that are near to large bodies of water :)

yesterday i got a great email, the kind that should lift my spirits for at least a week. man that was a good email.

oh, and the byu travel office è riuscito a change my airplane ticket, so i won't be forced to come home at the end of march. june 6 is the official return date, which i assure you will not change again. i have so much to do before then! two and a half months. not much time.

by the way--if anyone is looking to sell a summer-only housing contract, i'm in the market. i want to pay around 150. i'm thinking condo row maybe, except for the parking problem there.

i just bought a one-way ticket to paris for the evening after the day i finish work. 36 euros. ryanair is incredible... as long as you don't have to bring anything with you.

io vado... tante cose da fare... lezioni da insegnare... città da vedere... treni da non perdere...

sava