Day 2.

Well, things have gone really well since last night. This morning again i felt a little off (possibly because of being homescick, or just generically sick, or from the jet lag, or even from eating nothing but airplane food for two days) but as soon as breakfast was over we as a group went to our first orientation. It was long and mostly uneventful, all basic stuff like: dont do anything stupid, dont block your drains, ect. But right after we were dispersed to our apartments via taxi. This was the most exciting part of the day, and by far the best part. My apartment, believe it or not, is located directly in between the Uffizi Museum and the Duomo. I literally can see the Duomo from my window. We are the only ones this centrally located, and also the closest to the school. My three room mates i was expecting turned out to be only one (because its a very small apartment) of a really quiet akward type. Apparently he is mormon and looking to get out for one semester because Berkley (where he was accepted) asked him to wait a year before he went there. So he doesnt drink, doesnt really party, and wont wake me up at 4 in the morning bringing a girl home. This is very good news. My apartment is up these old ancient stairs (you have to either know the code, or be bussed in...thats right, i have a busser now! Just like in sienfeld.) And then threw two huge pad locks that use antique keys. Its as small as it possibly can be, but thats ok. It has the two things i wanted, a shower stall and a washing machine.

The people here at quite as cool as i was hoping. It seems that there are already two groups: the good looking popular crowd (led by this 24 old guy who went to the jc just for one semester so he could come with his girlfriend) and everyone else. But that might not last too long once classes start.

Ill update tomorrow and let you know how everything else went, im low on time because i am meeting some people for dinner...in italy. How cool is that?

Ohh, and this is exactly where my apartment is! Second floor:



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