Alrighty guys, here is the scoop. Forgive me if there are wierd miss spellings in this blog post as this is my first real attempt to use an italian keyboard.
After I arrived in Rome that first day, I began to have extreem culture shock. When I got out of the airport the lady that was taking me to the school got out to stop, deliver some bags to other appartments and take a smoking break while I waited in the car for an hour. The real kicker is that my appartment has 5 girls, all from American U., in two bedrooms. I am lucky enough to have a room mate that demanded that we have the two bedroom, but it is small and cramped. There is a desk wedged against the wall that we cant really use so I have contacted housing about moving it into our almost as small and cramped living room. I personally want a desk to use at some point in this semester, and the housing people try to get us what we need, but my room mates in the triple room do not want me to move my desk into their common space. I eventually talked them into it, but it took some convincing.
Other than the housing things are great. The food here is AMAZING and not that expensive. The other day Anne, Joe, Frank (a guy who lived on our floor at AU, and I all got personal pizzas and split 2 liters of water and a bottle of wine for 6€ a piece. That was the most I have paid for a meal thus far.
Last night we wandered across the river (we live in Trastevere) to visit the campo dei fiori and get some gelato, which was (of course) fantastic. The weather is a little cold but nothing San Franciscan can't handle.
More updates coming soon. I know if I write a wall of text people will not read it.
Ciao!
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2 comments:
Culture shock is pretty normal. I was a big freak my first few weeks in Russia. Just do the 'count to ten' thing, and try to always have a book or newspaper handy. Europeans have very different views on punctuality. ;)
- Matthew (Lauren)
The rooms are that small? Post some pictures of your new place, I'm sure we would all love to see them.
When my roommate spent a semester in Europe, he had huge culture shock as well. Truth be told, he didn't enjoy the trip at all while he was there because of it, so try not to let it get you down.
And don't worry 'bout the big wall of text, I'm sure we are all going to read it.
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