Lucca

I have arrived!
I had forgotten how much clothing and makeup that singings insist that they need. I was feeling really over packed, but now I don't at all.

I am really happy to be here though. I hung out with many older musicians last night, a conductor, kid from Yale...it's interesting to be one of the only people who has taken Calculus here...I feel all well read and educated. Not to mention that my Italian is worlds better than everyone elses.

The hostel is very clean and nice. I was alittle worries when a bunch of girls walked in wearing pearls...but again you know...singers, what are you going to do. All of the girls in charge are really young it's crazy, Sara Wollen-Danner who was so helpful (and excited to meet me) can't be 30 yet, and her assistent is even younger. They are all blond pretty with very perfect teeth. It is exciting to talk really intensly about music again, that is something that I don't even really get to do in chicago. We did a (about 6 of us who had dinner together) if you could only listen to the music of 3 composers for the rest of your life who would they be...my three composers of that particular moment were. Shosticovich, Bach, and Dvorjk, the response was oh yeah she's a theorist.

any how, posts will be much more infrequent as interenet is even more expensive here than it was in Florence, which was more expensive than Pisa. Phone calls will also be less frequent as they are more expensive now too.

anyhow I will do my best to cram things into these posts.