I have Arrived

I am currently awake at 5:45 in the morning Rome time. I thought I would be fine with changing the time zones but apperantly the 7 or so hours I slept on the flight from San Francisco to France didnt quite do it for me. Now my internal clock is very VERY confused. I know that most of the time when people blog they write too much and you never know what part to read and then you end up looking at the pictures so I will try to keep these all short and to the point.

When I left for the airport yesterday my parents and I experienced a whole suit case saga in which we attempted to purchase a new one for my journey. The first was too small and the second's handles flew off as soon as we picked it up off the floor. So I ended up with my father's suit case (for which he was none too pleased, as it is a very nice one) and off the airport I went.

I had two flights. One from SFO to Paris and the second from Paris to Rome. Both flights were more or less on time, the food was good, and I managed to get some sleep. Here is a picutre from my view of Paris. I attempted to load about 10 picutres but this fool thing of an internet doesnt want to do it. I am going to have to find a webshots host place for that.



When I arrived in Rome it took me a while to get to the school as I was toted off with the baggage car to make their delivery of suit cases leagle... so... yeah...I landed at 4, got my bags by 4:30, and made it to the school around 6:45. It is a 25 minute drive from the airport (you do the math). Finally I arrived at my appartment (images coming soon). Anne is my room mate an we are living with 3 other girls from American University. Joe is living up the hill from us, about a 5 minute walk away, as is his friend from home named Kate. Other than settling in, all the girls crashed last night. I managed to sleep for about 7 hours, but now I am fully awake. Anywho, that is my first update, more coming your way later. Ciao