Hi everybody…Catania seems to be the last to post something on the blog so apologies. We were so busy out here and life is so fantastic that it was difficult to try to write on our life here which I shall try now. After the orientation week, we followed a one month intensive course in Italian language which is very important over here as seldom do one find a Catanese who can speak a foreign language.
The city is beautiful lying between the deep blue Mediterranean sea and the volcano (ETNA) . It is a very old city with lots of interesting places worth visiting and things are relatively cheap compared to other places in Europe. Sicilian are very warm people and above all else Italian cuisine is definitely one of the best in the world…personally I’ve fallen in love with the cheeses here especially the ricotta.
We all live in the same house with other local students and often we have common dinner and parties.
At the beginning we had some difficulties especially due to language but then we had some tremendous support from all staffs here especially Alessandro, Luisa and Valentina (all staff of the University of Catania). They helped us settle with all the administrative formalities with the local authorities and were (are still) always full of concern and care towards us.
The master course per se is very enjoyable, delivered by very competent staff and as all courses are delivered in Italian we became very rapidly quite well versed with the language. In all courses we have other Italian students coming from various parts of Italy as Catania is reputed for its university (there are 80, 000 students in Catania) and we have had many activities such as technical visits to farms which were fun.
The master course per se is very enjoyable, delivered by very competent staff and as all courses are delivered in Italian we became very rapidly quite well versed with the language. In all courses we have other Italian students coming from various parts of Italy as Catania is reputed for its university (there are 80, 000 students in Catania) and we have had many activities such as technical visits to farms which were fun.
We have also had the opportunities to follow many interesting seminars and meet some foreign experts in fields of animal nutrition, meat quality, etc. These form an integral part of the master course as we earn credits for attending and participating in such activities. We are also involved in research works such as effects of feeding of tanning on meat quality and other activities such as deliver talks. Actually there is also a reputed scientist Dr. Amrish Tyage from the national Dairy Institute in India who is here with us and sharing his invaluable experience with us.
Hence, we are living a great experience here.
Noor-Ehsan Gobindram (Mauritius) 
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