I haven’t posted in almost a month. It turns out when they say “intensive language course” they really do mean intensive. Basically I have been studying a lot in the last few weeks, however I have made some time for fun too. Let me catch you up on a few things I have done since I’ve been in Pittsburgh.
I went to a baseball game. The Summer Language Institute bought group tickets and I was able to go for pretty cheap. Plus I got a free hat and T-shirt. Unfortunately the T-shirt never made it home with me (more on that later), but it was a nice bonus. We went to a Friday night game when the Pirates were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now I am really a Boston Red Sox fan, but I figured it was okay to route for the Pirates since they aren’t even in the American League. Overall it was a pretty good game and the Pirates won 3-0.
It had been a while since I went to a baseball game, and I was glad I decided to go. It was a little strange to be there without my brother and my dad. I think I associate baseball with them. We used to go to a Red Sox game almost every summer with some family friends. I miss that tradition.
I went to the game with a friend from BALSSI that conveniently lives across the hall from me. When the game was over she was tired and wanted to go home, but I had plans to meet up with another friend. So we parted ways and I went off to find a bus stop that would take me to the South Side. When I got there however, the bus I needed (and Google maps told me would be there) was not a bus that went to that stop. Luckily I ran into two girls who, although I had never talked to, I recognized from SLI. It turned out that one of them was also going to the South Side, so I more or less followed her. She had plans to meet up with someone, but she ended up coming with me to meet my friend while she waited for her friend (is this confusing without names?). Anyway, she ended up being really cool and we had a good time over a couple of drinks.
On our way home we realized we had missed the last buss and would have to walk. At this point I was regretting wearing flip flops (the next day my feet were cut up from them). We made it back alright though and the only casualty was my free Pirates T-shirt that I dropped somewhere on the hill up to my dorm.
My Fulbright Experience 