Random Italy Pics.

Hey friends! Here is a bunch of random pictures I have taken here in Italy. :)

 Inside Santa Maria Del Fiore

 Masks from Venice

 Where my guests sleep. :)

 A sign at the Old Stove in Piazza della Signoria

 This dress makes me want to get married. :)

 Small lift from Via Lingua

 My best friend in Italy - Vicky

 American food from The Diner :)

 Tourists at Piazza della Signoria. You can see the fake David.

 Alcohol at a Scottish Pub

 Pinocchio!

 Inside San Lorenzo Market

 A restaurant I like to go to.

I DID IT!!

I am now certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language! :)

Parliamo Solo In Italiano

The other night I got to hang out with Lilly & Krystal again. It was really nice catching up with these ladies since they were off on adventures for the past two weeks. They went to Spain and France while I was stuck here, hard at work with my course. They did have plenty of stories to tell so I was glad to listen to their stories. :)

They took me to this good pizza place called Gusta Pizza. Me gusta Gusta Pizza ;) After they took me to this gelato place that wasn't too far and it was delicious!!! Best part, it was also cheap! Everytime I've had a chance to hang out with these ladies it has been a blast. Look forward to our next get together.  

 Margherita Pizza

 Spicy Chili Oil

 Another look at my pizza :)

Gelato time!

On the way back Lilly and Krystal wanted to see my school. I took this opportunity to take pictures so that all of you back home could see. Sorry it is only the door and the plaque but it's a start right? You should see the elevator. It's tiny!

Miss you all! <3 Mia

Dreaming :)

I look out at this view everyday that I'm in class. Always dreaming about what I could be doing instead of sitting in a classroom for hours.

A Typical Day At Via Lingua



I wake up at 6:30 in the morning, shower, get ready, grab a croissant and walk to class. I get to school around 8:15, print out some last minute materials and start teaching at 8:30am. Right now I am not teaching professionally. It is a part of my course ( you know so i can get my certificate to teach english as a second language) so I only teach for 30 minutes and I am observed by one of the teachers from the school. I teach either Beginner, Elementary or Intermediate/Advanced levels. Each day is a different level. Three students (like me) teach at a time so I am with two other people who also teach for 30 minutes. We usually have about 2 students to teach so it's more personal.

When that hour and a half is over (30X3) we then have 30 minutes where we discuss our lesson with the observer. We have to say some positives, some negatives then we get feedback. At 10:30 we start class where we go over different teaching stuff and grammar.

Then at 12:30 we have lunch and if we are teaching the next day then we have to meet up in the classroom at 1:30 for about an hour. In that hour we are given our lesson topic and we have to plan our lesson. There is someone there just in case we have any questions and then we go home, perfect our lesson, study grammar and do some assignments that are also given to us.

Sometimes we also meet after lessom planning to learn some more grammar, to redo a lesson if we feel that we failed and or to observe a real teacher teaching a larger group of students. It seems like a lot but the weeks have gone by so fast. I just finished my second week. Two more to go and hopefully I will get my certificate and start looking for a job!

The picture is of my TEFL binder for Via Lingua.