Ciao! Wow so much has happened in the last few days I don’t even know where to begin. I guess we could start with my living situation. In my opinion, I live in the nicest apartment out of all the students, maybe even Perugia. Ok, that might be a stretch but I lucked out…seriously. I thought a ten minute walk from my apartment at Penn State to Walker was short, I’d say my walk here is a good 30 seconds…max. It is this HUGE apartment right in the center of everything. I also thought my apartment at home was big. It doesn’t even hold a candle to what I have here. Two huge bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large kitchen, dining room, and living room, and a drying room which comes with a washer. We also occasionally get free wireless. I’m not sure how I got this apartment, but I’m not going to question it!
My roommates are really cool too. I live with three other girls. One girl is new like me, and the two others lived here last semester as well. They have been really helpful in showing us around, and introducing us to their local Italian (male) friends … who happened to cook dinner for us a few nights ago (I’m trying to conceal my excitement about this part). The only contribution I made to the dinner was my nervous laughter. But it was awesome. I am also legal in Italy, so I have gotten a taste of the bar life (take that all you 21-year-olds at Penn state who make fun of me- im cool now).
But more importantly is my academics!!! This week is strictly for Intensive Italian. So Italian all day everyday. But it’s really not so bad because I love the language, and we get to explore Perugia during class. I had first intended to go into Italian 102, which is somewhat like intermediate Italian because I had taken a couple years in high school (which now that I think about it, is kind of a while ago). We had to take a placement test if we signed up for anything besides elementary Italian (101 and 110). This included both a written and an oral part. I did ok on the written part because it was multiple choice, and could figure out the answer through process of elimination. But the oral part I butchered. I sat down, and they immediately grilled me with Italian questions to which I could only answer with “si” or some sort of mixture of French and a language I made up (Fremily). The good news is, I made them laugh (at me) the whole time. The bad news was that they suggested I take elementary Italian instead. Oh well, I suppose I should probably brush up on my Italian before I keep insisting on using Fremily to ask for directions.
I’ve taken any opportunity I have to explore the city and meet people. It has been amazing so far. These past few days have been quite an experience. My camera’s been acting weird unfortunately, but hopefully I should have pictures up soon. I also start my real classes next week, and will also attempt to cook (!!!!)- so stay in tuned for that.
I could probably keep going, but I’ve actually got to get back to class. I miss you all. Thanks again, Mom and Dad, for helping me go here (hope you read the paragraph about the academics).
Ciao!!
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