First day of orientation- January 8th, 2009

Yesterday we had orientation at this beautiful villa.
We mostly learned about the
university and the sort of the way of the land in
Florence. Each teacher spoke about
their classes, we heard from the registrar, bursar, and
la polizia came in and gave us
some hints about keeping safe in the city. We had little
finger sandwiches with ham and
provolone and a small piece of pasta with soft cheese...
and some fruit for desert,
finally!!! I had 2 servings of the fruit which consisted
of bananas, pears, apples,
oranges, raspberries and strawberries. After lunch we
listened to a few more speeches and
made our way back down to the main part of Florence.
Later on, a few of us went out into the city which was
lit up and there were little Italians around shopping and
it was so fun! We got some world famous gelato (tirimisu
flavored--amazing!) We later picked up our little Italian
phones and I am finally connected to the world!
After, we had something called aperativo which takes place
between about 5pm and 8pm.
It's an Italian tradition and we sat in a little bar/caffe,
ordered 1 glass of wine,
and appetizers are free. It was super yummy and consisted
of all sorts of Italian finger
foods like deep-fried meatballs, bread with tomato sauce
and cheese. All for the price of one glass of wine; 4 euros!
Later one we went to an Italian disco with all Italians and
it was a true experience!
ALL OF THE MUSIC THEY PLAYED IS ABERCROMBIE MUSIC!!!! I
could legitimately sing along with
at least 5 of the songs because they were on the CDs from
work. I was at home.
I had to catch up about yesterday so more about today in the
next post!
Ciao!!
xo
Amanda