Our program provides us with 5 breakfast/lunch and 5 dinner
meal tickets a week, as well as $50 a month to a local grocery store. The
grocery store is on the outskirts of Florence, and is definitely a hike to get
to. We decided to give it a try Wednesday afternoon. This was the first time I
felt completely out of my element in Florence. Their system for purchasing
produce is very different than ours, and almost no one spoke English. I really
felt like a foreigner and realized how important it is for me to try and learn
the language.
Thursday night one of the boys in our program got a DJ gig
at a local club, and one of the girls was turning 21, so a HUGE group of us
went out to celebrate. Friday after class we went to an American diner and got
burgers, fries, and shakes… we are definitely starting to miss American food!
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