Scuzi, we're lost. Ooo food...

Ciao mi amici!

Today was a beauuuutiful day that started off not with rain but sunshine, and also a cool brisk breeze that you could feel tingle lightly on your cheeks. Maybe not so much for those on vespas speeding down the street but for me it was. My day started at about 5am due to the fact that the bells from the Vatican decided it was time that I got my butt up. It goes off every 30 minutes in the weee hours of the morning, but it's okay because I just hopped into bed later on. My roommates and I were basically in bed till the afternoon. Thereafter we met our landlord who goes by Josephina ( I think ) and let me tell you, she is exactly as comforting as the rest of the Italians that I've met today. She just swung by to let us know that a plummer was coming by. I'm the only one that speaks a lick of italian in my apartment, and I was the only one that was able to speak to our plummer. I was given one of my first few chances to use the language. Although it seemed like a miniscule feat, I was utterly proud of myself for speaking the language to each italian I met today. Broken italian but still A for effort. *fist pump*

Speaking of meeting people, I'd like for you to meet our pet and buddy that resides in our appartamento with all of us.  His name was Kevin, dedicated to Kevin from "UP", but we changed it to Carlos. Carlos' name derives from a recent film entitled, "the Hangover". Hope you all have seen it cause it's awesome.... just like him:

"Ciao! Mi chiamo Carlos! Sono di Roma."

After we all finally left our apartment we had to find our school for the first time ever alone. None of us knew where we were going, and unfortunately it took longer than expected. Needless to say we missed our orientations, but no worries because we can do it tomorrow morning. We did happen to find this amazing pizza place for our first warm slices of italian pizza! Delicioso!

totally different from American pizza!

yes it tasted as good as it looks!

One of my roomates. Meet Caitlin!

Eating here was great, and the woman helping us was lovely. One of my roomies dropped her pizza and the woman said, " Don't worry, don't be sorry. Be happy! " She kindly then gave my roommate another order of pizza for free. This hospitality is really what makes me feel at home and welcome regardless of where we come from. Just about everyone we spoke to met us with smiles and tried their best to communicate with us. It's almost like Olive Garden's slogan, "when you're here you're family".

So update on the luggage, it's still not here yet. Thankfully I have a guardian angel in LA that called in to LAX to help me track down the luggage. Hopefully it'll arrive within the next day. Thanks Hai!

Tomorrow will be packed with things to do and meetings to attend. I'm hoping for kind weather and a delivery from the airport. Before I leave to go to bed, here's a picture from the beginning of my walk to class!

A presto e buonanotte!