"Eccomi Qua!!!"

 My feet are very tired right now. I have 2 unhappy blisters from my new shoes. I however am very happy. Today was a fun, not so busy day. We got up early and got to the school by 9:30. We had a couple more orientation presentations. One was about contemporary Italian society and the other about academics. The one about Italy included slides about Berlusconi and had pictures of several of his latest mistresses. I don't know why we needed to know what they look like. We also watched this music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXf-YbsSh0Y 

It's a funny video and the words are written out karaoke style so feel free to sing along while you watch it. Thankfully we were not required to sing. 

We also had to take our Italian placement exams today. I'm not too worried about it. In between presentations and exams, Jake and I went to Caffe Nero which was just around the corner. I got a cappucino and un cornetto for 1,50 euro. Perfect late breakfast. 

We finished school stuff pretty early today so Kim and I walked to Piazza Navona and got some lunch on the way. We then walked to Piazza di Spagna and then along Via del Corso. Tons and tons of tourists. Tons and tons of walking. We saw a lot of cute shopping. I am definitely not stylish enough for the Italians and may have to buy some new clothes this weekend. I think there are worse things to have to do than buy new clothes in Rome though. Lucky me! We also walked to Piazza del Popolo. We each got a free box of beef broth. Some brand was apparently giving away full sized samples. Finally we walked back to the bus. We tried to figure out how to catch a different bus or the metro across to where we needed to be but couldn't really figure it out. I need to work on finding a good bus route map.

Here's our walk (as well as I can remember and recreate on google): 

Last night we went to a really good pizzeria for dinner with Caroline and Sarah. It was called La Gatta Mangiona. First pizza of the semester. It was amazing. Italy really should make a law like France did with Champagne. It cannot be "pizza" unless it lives us to Italian standards. After dinner, Kim and I went and met Jake and Will in Trastevere. That was a lot of fun. We went back to Cheap Bar, but this time there wasn't a huge IES group so there were more locals hanging around. I think tonight I may stay in and catch up on some sleep. I want to be well rested for the first Roman weekend!