Welcome!
At last, I open a blog ... I know, nobody was missing, but someone had asked me a bit 'of times ... In the beginning I was not convinced, in fact I was deeply contrary, in the end I want this has failed, more than anything else to keep in some way a reminder of the past few months I'll be spending abroad. And also to meet some 'my desire to write.
Now, however, has already spent more than a month after the beginning of my adventure, and how?
Simple, or maybe not, but I will do so: In this post I will make a brief (as possible) a summary of this month, leaving out the rides of the weekend which I'll discuss later, when I will not have anything to Definitely tell ... I omit something, but when I will tell you to mind, like a flash-back, like those movies that start with the story that has already started, it then goes on to a long digression on the beginning of the story and then during the performance leaves room for some flash-back that makes the clarity of this story ...
myself clear? Probably not, but I'm beginning the same.
Travel companions
E 'duties as first names and faces of my fellow master otherwise it would be very difficult to know who I'm talking about every time.
Above (from left): Alex (Axel), Daniel (Mi'Zio / Jules Verne), Salvo (Master / CabinMan), Amir (Captain) , Sandra (Tony Rap / Lupin). Bottom (from left): Stewart (Steward / Suerte / Area Cesarini / Larsen / Alzatore), C. (Prince) [she wants her privacy], and of course myself.
In the three panels, from left, Cosimo (Padre Pio / Pianist on the Ocean), Alessandro (cylinder) and Vincent (Jones).
be added is that we are all Italian (9), apart from Alex (German) and Vincent (French).
Arrival and accommodation in Toulouse
Departure from Turin-Caselle Saturday 19 Maggio'07, car, actors Cosimo, Sandro, C., Ali, Amir, Stewart and I, or 7 people in 3 cars. It seems a lot of leftovers place, right? Well, forget it, machines overloaded and apparently will return to the worst.
However, after a journey that was to start at 10 and started at 10.40 (also my fault, yes ...) and ended at 19.50 peppered with several stops and a couple of photos taken by a famous and friendly French photographer called self Velòcs, we come to the campus Supaéro.
To welcome the "Poste de Garde", the very nice gentlemen who tell us that our rooms are booked from next Monday onwards ... laughs gags accompanying the lords just met, then followed by very long snouts and incarogniti due to the discovery that the was not a gag cabaret ... In any case, everything can be solved and we get the keys to our rooms, they were not before (always politely) informed that the restaurant is closed on campus at that weekend ...
The campus
Supaéro is a very exclusive school here in France, the campus concept as part of those points we saw during our adolescence in the American TV series (yes, I speak of their Beverly Hills 90210), although much more aesthetically crude oil. There are several buildings, namely the dorms (3), canteen, laboratories, and the complex where there are classrooms, offices and of course the prof. Finally Last but not least, a gym and swimming pool. In short, all very handy and in one large complex, think how nice getting up in the morning ten minutes before you go to class, at the end of the pool and take an hour or so after another 10 minutes already be in your room ... When we understand also in Italy will be too late ...
great sins of the campus is isolated from the city and all the rest. By car there is a quarter of an hour to get downtown, more looking for parking (which is not very easy here ... and if I say so ...) I say we go by bike ... 20-30 minutes for shopping or on foot or in a convenience store near here car to a Carrefour, even in the first quarter of an hour ... I say only that the discount is called "The Mutant", then it always goes to Carrefour ...
The French
here should make a big, very big distinction between the students and Tolosiani Supaéro.
Starting from the second, these guys come in here before, once we have finished what is high school, do well 2 years of prep school to get into this school, pretty much just studying mathematics and physics So ... , for two years to make a life losers, then they arrive here in 21 years and discover the life, living alone, beer, etc ... so they do not know regular minimum, seems to see the 14/massimo 16 year old in the body of 21 year old ... and still remain of the Nerds. The craziest thing: get here, you expect to be healthy now that of your building. Or at least to greet them when crossing the 10 time. No, wrong, you try with "Hi!", "Hello!", "Salut!", "Bonjour!" ... Nothing to do, do not meet, greet you exclusively:
- when you're eating (when they eat their shit you not)
- When you're in the bathroom
Do not ask me why, it just so, there is no explanation ... I
Tolosiani seem quite different, however. I say "seem" because they saw the isolation of the campus do not feel even claim to know the city and its citizens. I must say that I was very surprised, I knew that the French are very different from region to region (I believe, have our own people ... but four times the surface), but my limited knowledge of France in Paris and the Cote d'Azur led me to have certain preconceptions that there are far fewer confirmations ...
First, much more they strive to understand what you are saying, one of my ideas of the French was that if not perfect pronunciation of the words they did not pretend to understand you, or at least that I've almost always been when I was in those places. Here is the proximity to Spain, the origin of Occitan, the Arab influence, but also understand ME when squashed a few words of French ... I do not know which is known to a club ... Another thing, I found several people here (though still a few ... ) able to speak English, for heaven's sake, never to the levels of Germany, Holland, Sweden, etc.. but honestly, if compared with Italy here ... but alas we CHAMPIONS WORLD, and sometimes is good to remember!
The French do not
obviously starting from the Italians, we met here three, one went off just after we arrived (just in time to sell your used refrigerator .. thanks Gianni! ). Mauro and Alberto, however, are still here (even if only for a few days) and have proved to be very good boys, nice and simple, always ready to lend a hand, really fantastic!
Two weeks after our arrival came a group of American students, I must say a very heterogeneous group (besides the fact that there are few real Americans) are smaller (Max 21 years) and in some cases we see a lot. We tied a bit 'more with 3-4 guys, to tell the truth the only ones to look a bit' smarter, more than anything else is always to ask for something, even stupid things, but every day a good reason to come to knock, and ask ... problems: every time you cross the stairs are not limited to NEVER a simple "Hi!" ... No, they should always add a "How is it going?" or a "How do you feel today? "" What did you do yesterday? "," What are you doing tonight? " ... All this even though the same person you met 5 minutes first!
New entry (just last night): the Brazilians!
Known since yesterday we played soccer ... won or lost? Keep a bit 'of suspense in the coming days (maybe tomorrow) I will give a summary of the meeting, comments and interviews with "cold". They still very nice, I think we'll play against other times because we have a lot of fun!
Work
Yeah, I also come here (especially in theory) to work ... In fact even if the story I've written so far does not appear, here we are working a lot, Every morning we start at 9.15 and in theory we should end up at 18 ... but these days more often (not so willingly) 18.30/18.45 before you end up ... However, we are not working well and I am convinced that we will get good results at the end ... But bored over there because I already know what interests you the thing ...
Sport
already said of football, it should be noted that there are two possibilities: soccer in the gym at 5 and 4 vs. 4 on the outdoor pitch on the playground with small doors (no goalkeeper).
But when the sport is soccer-tennis (which many French people already there have copied), where Alessandro reigns supreme ... in 4vs4, however, by beating some teams signed if it is taken ...
There is also a grass field that is used for both rugby and for the football to 11 across the doors there are to play a 7, so we tried it once but we were too few and came out great.
There is a beautiful indoor pool and gym to weight. In the gym where we play football at 5, also plays volleyball and basketball. Note my passion for the ball to pieces, I met the captain of the basketball team and he told me I could go and play ... I would have done willingly, were it not that I'm not ever know anything (and it's been a month), it will be because the bill in the evening and is always drunk (see Par "The French") . If I play in the enterprise, I will write ... surely
The Entertainment
I am the last part, I'm glad somebody did it to read this far without falling asleep or go to the page of the Gazette for Follow the latest football market!
Toulouse is a city with many students (the second in France after Paris), then the evening is a city VIVA really (sometimes maybe too much, given how many kids are reduced in the evening ...)! Pubs, disco-pubs and even a couple of clubs, crowded with people and unfortunately the smoke. Oh, yes, even here there is no anti-smoking and all of us Italians had lost the habit of leaving a room with red eyes, burning throat and immediately put clothes in the washing machine ... When you come out here not You have to dress well, you get the dirty stuff, so when you come home is much, much worse ...
When out in Toulouse? I personally recommend the Thursday and Friday evenings. Stop. Only "problem" premises that are starting to close at 2, but at least there's a good mix of vitality, but without having too much drink drink something crowd on Saturdays the premises are open until late, but when we came out (in fact above all others, I hardly ever on Saturday) has never been much in an evening ... Perhaps because there's too many people, or people simply because there is "wrong," I do not know why ...
I do not know. I prefer to use it for the weekend to do some trip around, there are really good seats! We have already visited several, but as I said at the beginning of this very long post, but necessary, I'll get it later ... For now, I salute you and wish you a wonderful day!
Gigio.
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