Figs: my new favorite fruit

At John Cabot, there are probably around 200 students total. Some are degree seekers-but most are study abroad. With that said, there are about 8-12 students in each class..so you get to know everyone in your classes really well and even the professor. The style of John Cabot is very laid back, you learn new things every day about the subject you are studying but you also share your own experiences you may have on the streets of Rome. The professors, I feel like, are kind of a "guide" to this city of Rome for students from an American stand point. I first learned of how laid back John Cabot is when I was in my marketing class the other day. My professor, sitting down in the student chairs with us (we were in a half circle) was teaching us about marketing procedures when her phone started to ring. The phone was in her purse, which she wears the entire class period every day (it's a cross-shoulder purse). Normally, a professor would turn it off and apologize. Instead, she answered it! haha, I couldn't help but laugh. So much different then what I'm used to at St. Thomas! It was one of her italian friends and they were just chatting away for about 3 minutes about how he has his basket of fresh figs for her (it was a local grower). She was so excited about the call she received she promised to bring in fresh figs for our class to try. Today...she brought them in for everyone! The last 5 minutes of class we had "fig tasting" and we each got our own fig. I've had figs before but none like you get here! Freshly picked from a local fig tree...doesn't get much better than that. I have now decided that figs are probably my new favorite fruit and I can't wait to get to the open market next week to get my own!