Day 8 - Casey

Wednesday

Another day of school (4 hours) at the Eurocenter -- nothing too special.

Today we had our academic meetings with our director to learn more about our classes in Rome, our apartments, and future professors. My class schedule is very screwed up but I have a meeting with our director on Thursday.

I spent most of the day after school, trying to post of pictures on Facebook or an online photo album for everyone to see but it didn't work! I was very frustrated! Following our meetings we went home, relaxed, and studied for our Italian quiz for Thursday.

Dinner was amazing! Florence is known for many things, such as the Duomo, their leather, and the Ponte Vecchio, but no one mentioned their vegetable soup! Let me tell you...it was life changing. Just writing this makes my mouth water! Following the soup course, we had a little roasted chicken with a salad. You can't imagine how much I miss salads and vegetables. All they eat here is bread and cheese. I can feel my body expanding and my arteries clogging! But it still tastes good! Our desert was chocolate pudding = fabuloso!

About 10 PM My friend Casey from UW Madison came into Florence from an smaller outside city. Gail and I picked him up at the train station and had drinks at the hotel. Later we went to a very unique bar filled with Italian hippies to meet some of Casey's fellow classmates from his study abroad program. It was great to meet fellow other UW students!

Ciao!