First time out

So now it is day 3. Today we have an orientation in a hotel in the center of town. Yesterday was a lot of fun. For supper about 20 study abroad italy students got together at one of the girls apartments. The apartment holds 10 girls and is beautiful! I am jealous of their dishwasher and microwave and nice furniture, but I really like our little 4 person apartment way up high. At least i will get amazing calves, or at least maybe. We had spaghetti with red sauce that the girls made. Several people also brought wine. We brought bread from the supermercado and olive oil.

Before supper me and the roommates walked around Florence a little more. We went to the central market in the center of town and sort of got lost on purpose looking around. It is a dear little city with cobblestone. The streets are very narrow and I have already had several near-death experiences because of the buses and mopeds driving down the narrow streets. I am ready for classes to start so I can meet more people and get into a routine.

After supper a large group of about 12 of us went to get gelato and then go out. We went near the duomo to get gelato. Zena tried nutella for the first time. Why she did it in gelato, I cannot say. Then we went to our first Florentine club. We walked around afterwards and then ended up at an Irish pub my roommate Amber had seen. The bartender was from California and had been living there for 10 years. It seems like that is a popular story. We got into bed at about 3:30. It was an interesting first night and it was nice meeting new people. In a few hours we have our orientation. Soon I hope to make the gas stove work and get the stovetop espresso maker to work. I guess everything will take time to learn here. The first part of any trip is always the hardest. Oh yeah, and I plan on going to Milan this weekend with Zena. I had better go plan it!