Va bene!

10/21

The last two weeks in Rome have been awesome. School is definetly a bit harder than I had anticipated. I have had to spend more time studying and less time going out. I think a large part of the challenge is the language barrier and cultural differences. I enjoy the challenge.

Last night six of my room mates and I had a huge dinner. Greg made homemade cannolis, prosciutto and melon, bread with seasoned olive oil and cheese, and delicious meat cooked into a homemade pasta sauce, with penne. It was a very typical Italian style meal. We drank a few glasses of wine and ate for about three hours, with some light acoustic music. We decided we will do this once a week. I have some pictures to put up here from the meal.

10/20

Today I had only one class. My tuesday schedule is light. I have one class in the morning and then I am done for the day. I chose to walk and do some shopping. Johnny and I walked the city for most of the afternoon. I met Johnny through a friend of a friend in Munich and he was staying with us for a few days. We did a little man shopping. I bought a new pair of kicks (some stylish navy blue chucks) and a button down (sexy purple Italian) shirt. They make shirts so differently here. The material, the color, the fit, and the style are all different. The purchases were a little pricy. I am satisfied with both and plan to buy a few more things before I go home.

I realized I may or may not have been partying a little too hard today. I need to lighten up on the drinking and focus in a little more on school work. I have some stories. I am starting to gather a goals list for second semester. Frederik so kindly pointed out to me that today is the exact half-way point of our semester. I don’t want to think about it.