struggling!
Sorry for not posting yesterday – the internet here wasn’t working. Yesterday we all went out to get some gelato after our first day of classes and then we walked around and went to a local bar for a bit. We tend to go across the bridge more than staying in the city center because there are way less tourists and it is a lot cleaner and cheaper on that side. Everyday here is getting easier and easier. The jet lag has finally worn off and if people speak slow, I can mostly pick up what they are trying to tell me. I cannot begin to describe how different life is here! Instead of constantly being on my phone or internet, the only way I know what time it is from the church bells that go off every hour. The streets are chaotic with people everywhere but my experience has been amazing here.
I love my classes so far, my cooking teacher is very fun and we’ve already made pork with apples and a soup. My Italian language “professoressa” is very sweet and my Italian business course seems like it will be interesting which is good. Tonight a group of 20 of us are heading to a restaurant called Ganzo which is a student run restaurant that has a ten course meal and drink for 5 euros. We can’t wait! After that, we’ll probably sit out by the bridge or work on some homework. Side note: I think I sprained my finger (if possible) from climbing our orange tree with the roommates haha.. the good thing is we now have fresh orange juice 
