Light In Italy

As I sit here in Chicago this week at my final training for TEAM, I get more and more excited about my arrival and future in Italy. I will spend my first two years in Perugia.

Perugia is a lively medieval walled hilltown with many historic buildings, people-filled squares, and modern shops. It is home to a university and a large Italian language school for foreigners. This is where I will be studying language and learning culture. I can't wait!!!

A remarkable number of foreign citizens accounting for around 8% of the city's total population has chosen Perugia as the city where to live, work and raise their children. In the latest years an increase in the presence of foreigners in Perugia has been recorded. The largest communities are from Asia and Africa, whereas Americans and Europeans are less numerous. My heart for Africans may be used in different ways in this city. God has a plan!!

Perugia is famous for chocolate and holds its chocolate festival, Eurochocolate, in mid-October. Now you see the reason for an October leave date. Who can blame me for the goal? A girl's gotta have her chocolate.