Ciao!
When I arrived yesterday I went to my hotel, but my room was not ready. Definitely a good thing because I would probably have not be able to resist a nap otherwise. So, I went into town and luckily my memory of Florence came back quickly and I had no trouble getting myself around. First thing, I went a bought a SIM card so that my phone would work, knowing that my mother was going crazy at home already due to the fact that I had no means of commication at that point. Then I got myself some lunch at a little place called Il Ristorante and ending up eating with two girls traveling from Australia. It was only 5:00 when I could not stay awake any longer and pretty much fell to sleep for the night.
This morning I woke up and went straight to the university which from what I saw was quite beautiful. I finished the visa process very quickly since I was only the 4th person there and got to my new home around 11. Now I am all moved it. Already, I am catching on to Italian fairly quickly. No choice really. My family probably speaks about as much English as I do Italian (maybe less), which is not a lot. The mother's name is Anna Maria and the father's name is Giuseppo. They have two children, a son, Davide (15) and a daughter, Helga (13). Their daughter has a gluten allergy too, so we have our own cabinet of gluten free food haha. Looks to me like more gluten free items than I have seen in the United States. Giuseppo is a businessman who works in a winery. I have only met Anna Maria so far, but she is very nice.
On a different note, I should have gone with my instinct not to bring the thinkpad and get a new computer instead because it is dead and this time, it does not look like anything the Bridge could even fix (not that that matters). Luckily I bought a mini computer as a back up. I just wish I could practice my rosetta stone on this other computer since I need all of the help learning Italian as I can get.
As for the adgenda for the rest of the day. Giuseppo is coming home from work at 1:15 and we will all eat lunch together today (however, she said normally they are not home for lunch). Then they will go back to work, so I will probably go for a run and explore the area a little bit more. The university is only about a 20 minute walk from here, up a steep hill. I can probably just roll back down it haha. So now when my mom complains about how she has to walk to her house in Altoona from baker school everyday I can say that I had to walk up a very steep hill to school too. I do not know when my roommate will get here, but I am glad that I got to unpack my stuff first. We will be sharing a bathroom with the live in maid but she is on vacation until mid september.
Alright well lunch should be ready soon.
Arrivederci!
Megan
