2nd day! 3rd day!

Hi all,

Yesterday I got up kind of late and then felt bad about it but I don't think that Fulvia minded because I pretended that it was jetlag. I got to have lunch with Fulvia's son and daughter as well as her daughter's husband. Possibly the most awkward 45 min of my life. Not really. But possibly up there. On a scale of 1-10: 8. They did speak more English than Fulvia though but mostly it was them just once in a while asking me questions about JFK airport etc, why I would go to school in Massachusetts when I live close to NYC, etc. That said, we ate some kind of artichoke wrapped in flank steak on toothpicks, gnocchi with gorgonzola (too strong for me), and these fried dough things they said were popular at carnival. All the meals here have at least two courses. I think they are called primo piatti and secondi piatti.

In the afternoon Fulvia showed me how to get to the school by bus which I was freaking out about a little since I’m really bad at transportation systems but it wasn’t horrible since she was there too. Then she showed me how to walk to the school from the bus stop. The whole trip only takes about 20 minutes.

Also, I noticed that the showers in Italy are a lot smaller than the US. I barely have room to turn around without knocking into the water nozzle.

Today was the first day of the three week Italian language intensive. It wasn’t too bad and was actually kind of fun although I don’t know if I’ll still be saying that next week. I’m really glad I’m learning Italian though because right now I don’t really have a way of communicating with Fulvia or have the skills to get around Siena by myself. WE WILL SEE. If you were wondering, the school is really small and in one building with two floors but it's pretty.

Also, it's raining again today and I don't have an umbrella.