Day 18- Finally to Rome

Today is the day my real Italian life begins!

After late night packing and attempting to study, I woke up at 6 am to finish packing, cleaning the hotel, and cramming in some last minute studying for my final today.

My final look about one hour, but I think I did really well! We had 4 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 2 weeks which equals out to a whole semester of one class! So in two weeks I received 3 credits!

We only had a couple hours of free time, but we snacked on some Kebabs and did some last minute shopping. We filled onto our bus at 12:30 PM and were divided into 4 buses depending on our location of our apartments.

I slept most of the ride, I really needed a nap! When we arrived in Rome our advisors were there to meet us and put us into cabs to drop us off at our apartments. The whole process went really smooth.

When we walked into our apartment our mouths dropped to the floor! It is soooo beautiful! We were so scared it was going to be old and gross but our building is amazing! We have a cute old school elevator with little wooden doors that only fits about 2 people in it. It's similar to the elevator in the Tower of Terror movie! In actuality, we only live one floor up so I always take the stairs. We have two American women living next door, but they haven't said anything nice to us yet, so hopefully they will warm up to us.

We have 3 bedrooms for 7 people, a laundry room with a brand new washer, a kitchen with a nice European stove, no oven, great storage space, a microwave, and a counter/bar.

We have a great living room with a dining room table, a couch, and a couple love seats. My roommates Tasha, Gail, and I share the large bathroom with a tub, a shower, a toilet, a bidet, and a huge closet for all our stuff. Our other roommates Katie, Emily, Caryn, and Sam have another bathroom.

I'm really happy with our apartment! It's so close to to our school and is around a bunch of shops!