Moving in and getting Familiar

These past three days have mostly been spent with all sorts of orientation and getting used to finding our way around the city.

 This is Porta Romana, one of two main gates for the walled "downtown" part of Viterbo. The school is 2 min outside of the gate, an old church that has been repurposed for a school. More pics of the school will follow in the next couple of days. A 15 minute walk along the outside of the wall to the left leads to the apartment that I share with Fulvio, Ben, and Garret.

 The Winged Fountain, kind of in the middle of town. It's the common meeting spot for the USAC group.

We moved into our apartment on Wednesday. We live on the 3 floor and it was quite a surprise to see how nice it was. We have marble and tile floors, pretty fancy! This is mine and Ben's room. We have more storage than  we know what to do with although you can't see it in the picture. Fulvio and Garret have the single rooms but I don't hold it against them. 

 Our swanky living room, complete with glass chandelier. The table is made of marble if you can believe it! There is no way that a student could possibly afford this quality of place in the U.S.

The small but comfortable kitchen. Washing machines take place of dishwashers in the kitchen which is a bit bizzare. I have yet to use the kitchen.

A brief recap of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Wednesday consisted of moving into our apartments, getting a tour of the city, and getting cellphones from the post office, of all places. The only 4 guys in the program (myself included) cooked dinner for about 30-35 girls.
Most of Thursday and Friday were spent in school, getting orientated (pretty sure that's not a word). Both afternoons we had our first Italian language classes, involving a lot of awkward silences and bursts of laughter. Mi piace la professora ma non parla inglese in leccione! Dificile!

Tomorrow we have to wake up bright and early for a day long field-trip to Rome, which includes a tour of the Coliseum and the Pantheon. Rest assured that lots of pictures will be taken.