first post from italy!

buongiorno! 

1) i had to look up that spelling on dictionary.com translator

2) in this process my roommate informed me that it does not actually mean hello, but it means good morning. so... yea. oh well.

quick post and pics if i can figure out how to do that cuz i'm so jetlagged. note rome is +7 hrs from US central time. i took some short naps on the plane and bus but definitely not enough to have been awake for this long. taking a shower and sleeping right after this. so anyways! first bit is that i ended up not having to travel here alone. turns out i was on the same flight as two of my studiomates so thank God, that made things much much better. we flew from dfw to frankfurt, about 10 hrs which i didn't really think was that bad. then waited 1.5 hrs in frankfurt before flying off to rome. now for pictures.

this is the first picture i took in rome, which has an ugly reflection from the bus window but i've decided in my tiredness that none of the pics on this post will have any postprocessing. i obviously wasn't happy with how this pic came out but there can only be one first pic taken.

on the way to castiglion fiorentino, the city we're staying in, i was thinking, 'haha.. we are literally under the tuscan sun. wait, is that a book or a movie?' good moments of jetlag. 

after the 3 hr bus ride, these are the GORGEOUS views of the tuscan countryside from our room's window! 

on the way to my first gelato, which honestly was not the best i've ever had but there are already plans to try another place tmrw =] first one's blurry cuz i was moving too much.

then stopped at a pub type place, i don't rlly know what to call it. there was a bar, pool tables, and video games.

melynn! then a few of us were too tired to even focus on sitting and watching other ppl play pool so we walked back to santa chiara (the name of the study center) and happily discovered that i do indeed get wifi in my dorm. WOOHOO! anyhow, roomie jus got out of the shower so perfect timing =] i miss everyone at homee please comment anything and keep me updated on your lives!