11.01.2009

Buongiorno!

Today was a free day so Cassie, Bethany and I decided to sleep in a little and then hit the streets and check out our new home town!! :) We literally hit every street in town, walking up and down streets, even outside the ''town walls'' where not much was going on...After walking over 3 miles at least, we were getting a bit hungry, so we decided to stop at this ristorante called ''Ciccarelli''. Our new friend works there, he is very nice and the reason he is our friend is because he speaks ENGLISH!! :) Its amazing when you find someone who speaks English...wow, its definitely much more difficult to get things done when you both dont speak the same language...so far I have not been to picky with food because it is too hard to communicate with them, so I am pretty sure at the end of this semester, I will have a whole new look on food and not be as picky!! Ha!! After lunch, we hiked back to our dorm, about a 15 minute walk, and were only there for a few minutes...we ran into some of the other students living with us in the dorms and they informed us of a ''pot-luck'' that Alex and Corine (two students who are dating) were going to be having later that night in their apartment. Us girls thought we should go to meet new people so we went to the closest grocery store to pick up bread, cheese and vino!! After the store we went back to the dorms to take a nap before we were to leave for the ''pot-luck''. It started at 8, so we left at 730, since it was about a 25 minute walk....when we got to their place, no one answered the door, so we tried again and nothing! Ha, after waiting outside for about 10 minutes, we just decided to take the cheese and bread and go sit on a random bench and eat it...seeing that we were all starving!! It was pretty funny, and we all had a laugh or two...on our way home we saw this gelato shop, so we had to get some for dessert (we havent had any yet)!! When we walked in and within seconds the gelato was shut down and pastries were all there was to offer...nutella filled pastries is was! They were so good too!! After a little treat, we went back to the dorms and off to bed! Days seem soo much longer here I think because all you do is WALK!!! Its very tiring!! Ha!! I will post pictures soon!!

CIAO!!

LOVE and MISS you ALL!!