castle-day 1 of class (6/6/11)

Today was our first day of class! Something worth noting. Breakfast was good (the wonderful bread, as mentioned below, that seems to be in endless supply, plus some tasty granola-cereal, aka muesli), and class wasn't too bad. It went by pretty quickly, and we learned the format of the quizzes and that they're not that hard, thank goodness. Afterwards was our first lunch with Brigitte's cooking once again, which was pretty yummy (and followed by a pretty dessert! Yogurt-cream with freshly picked cherries).
Over lunch, we discussed the idea that all identity is plagiarism (any thoughts?), and we also talked about our individual projects for the class. Our interests are all so diverse! It reminded me of God's creativity in uniquely molding our personalities and interests. :) Among us, there will be projects on Pound (Josh), fashion (Lauren), adapting to new places (Monica), photoblog (Sachin), travel journal (me), food (Kayla), theater (Grace), urban design (Greg), cars (Matt), stereotypes (Jon), Venice (Jason), and life up in the mountains (Ben). I wish we got the chance to present our projects to each other, like we did in Argentina...
After lunch, the rainy afternoon kept us in the croft (our living area), where we mostly used the Internet, which we'd just gotten access to. For dinner, we ventured up to a pizzeria (Lindenwilt) in Dorf Tirol, but several of us opted not to eat a whole meal and instead got snacks from the neighboring Despar (grocery store). As we waited, we chilled and chatted in front of a potable fountain, where we witnessed a dog get a quick bath, haha. After they were done eating, we found one of our classmates to be rather giggly, and then we stopped by the gelato place from the night before for more fancy ice cream.