Il Mio Tirocino

As I have previously shared, I'm doing an internship at SOUL -- Sistema Orientamento Università Lavoro. It's basically the career center at Sapienza but it does work with all the universities in Lazio (Rome's region). At first it didn't go so well and I really didn't like it. The first interview was terrifying and the boss/professor/head of the department was really rude. Things are going better though. Everyone (boss included) are really nice. The language has not been too much of a problem. For the most part, I just do research on foreign internships and education options for Italian graduates. For awhile I was doing it at an extra desk in the professor's office but he smokes so much it made me feel a bit sick. I got my desk moved though which has made things a lot better. Today, instead of finishing my research they sent me over to the big annual career fair Sapienza has just to see what it was like. To get there, because it was about a 20 minute walk, I got to ride on the back of a motorino!! Don't let IES know because it is technically against their rules. The fair was neat and I got to "meet" lots of Italians. I talked a bit to the two SOUL people who were at the table. 

Sapienza is pretty far away and it takes at least an hour to get there from my apartment. I try to get there a little early though because then I have time to get a coffee or cappuccino. There are two caffes near the office. One is called Campus Caffe and is right near the bus stop. I've been twice and it has a lot of students and is a little lively. The other caffe is up past the SOUL building but is right next to the Ministero di Lavoro (Ministry of Labor) and is full of old Italian government officials. Very different but I think the coffee is better. 

(I didn't take the picture, but it is in my office)