It's a beautiful sunny Saturday of January 26th, 2013. We decided to have this 2nd meeting on Saturday to accommodate our 2 new friends. As students, their weekdays occupied with schools, thus to have a meeting in the weekend was the best way to be able to have them joined. I met Mia, one of them about two weeks earlier in the church service that Sunday morning. I remember our Pastor greeted her at the entrance door as she entered. I heard she mentioned she came from America, but from her accent and when I took a glance on her face, I was somehow sure she is Indonesian, and I was right. So glad to finally have met another Indonesian in Florence. She is young, pretty and lively; so I wasn't surprised when she mentioned she's going to study fashion design in Florence. It suited her.
Ciao! Sono Indonesiana in Italia!
It’s been three months now, since the first day we arrived. Within those three months, a lot of things happened. The first two months was occupied with all processes of applying for our stay permit. Applying was only the beginning of the whole process, completing paper works, going, waiting, checking, and meeting people at local government offices to get all done was another long story.
However, I would say, I am grateful. During the whole process it was amazing how God have shown His abundance mercy and helps. So now I can really thankfully say,” I am an Indonesian and officially Italiana!”
The 1st Meeting of Indonesian Community in Florence
It was Wednesday, December 19th, 2012. Finally I met Yawa, it was also the second time I met Erna again. Erna's husband, Joni, was contacted by Yawa through InterNations in Florence, a global community of expatriates. From Joni, Yawa who was seeking for other Indonesian fellows in Florence, was informed about me and finally got in touch with me through Facebook. She has been living in Florence for more than a year with her husband, Cyril, when we met for the first time. We decided to have lunch together at Mario an Italian restaurant near Mercato Centrale.
I got there at 11.35 by bike. I saw both of them chat in
front of Mario’s, I hurried to lock-up my bike to a pole nearby. Waved at one
of them but they didn’t seem to notice. I walked toward them and greeted them.
Erna, who I met about two months earlier greeted me first then I
introduced myself to Yawa who was standing next to her.
Annual German Christmas Market
The Florence Christmas Markets are very popular, especially the German Christmas Market or Heidelberger Weihnachtsmarkt (a little bit of a mouthful!) which takes place on the Piazza Santa Croce, in front of the stunning Santa Croce Basilica. Christmas markets are a very popular tradition in Germany and the idea
originated in Northern Europe. Luckily for us here in Florence, the
organisers of the Heidelberger market decided to bring the market here
in 2003 and they have been coming ever since!
Komunitas Indonesia di Florence
Apakah anda orang Indonesia yang sedang studi, bekerja, dan tinggal di Florence?
Apakah anda ingin dapat berkomunikasi, bercanda, berdiskusi, berinteraksi atau sekedar rumpi dengan sesama orang Indonesia dan dalam bahasa Indonesia di Florence?
Apakah anda tertantang untuk memperluas jaringan pertemanan anda dengan sesama orang Indonesia di Florence?
Apakah anda rindu berbagi pengalaman dengan, dan mendapat masukan-masukan dari sesama warga Indonesia di Florence?
Apakah anda tertarik untuk membangun sebuah komunitas orang Indonesia di Florence?
Jika anda menjawab ya atas seluruh pertanyaan diatas, anda orang yang tepat!
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