Caio :)

Caio!
That means hello and goodbye and probably a few other things. My Italian is a little rough (more like non existent) but I am actually excited to learn. After hearing native speakers I can appreciate that it really is a pretty language. Anyways, I'm using this blog as a sort of journal so I can remember my semester in Rome but also keep a few family members and friends informed about whats going on in my life over here across the pond so I hope you enjoy.I'll try to post a couple pictures every now and then to change it up a little but I have never kept a blog or been much of  a writer-just a fair warning.

 After traveling for what seemed like forever on the biggest plane of my life I finally made it to Rome :)  I was a little sad when the plane was pulling out of the gate in Pittsburgh but the nicest lady was sitting next to me and was also on my flight to Rome. She was fluent in Italian and was going to see family so she helped me out a little and pointed me and some other study abroad students in the right direction once we landed in Rome. I met some more students also heading to the American University of Rome (where I'm taking classes at) and then we got a van to our apartment. Its cute, just big enough (for the six of us!) with a balcony but a little cold right now because the heat isn't always on and we cant control it.

-Our little bed room!

Today I just relaxed and we explored the neighborhood we are living in. For lunch we had pizza AND pasta with some wine. Dinner was looking like pretty much the same thing but we found this little place down the road were we could mix and match whatever we wanted so I got some vegetables and other things that I recognized since ordering is still such a challenge. I'm almost all unpacked and am going to try to catch up on my sleep tonight since I didn't sleep much on the plane. Tomorrow we are going up to the University to do some paperwork kind of things and look around as well as the supermarket. That's all we have planned for now. My stories will get a little bit better once I actually can manage my way around here-but that wont take long. That's it for now, hope all is well at home.