1st Day

Hello all. I arrived to Perugia, Italy, yesterday night but really did nothing that day except meet my roommates - Jeanette, Julie, and Erica. We live on Via della Cupa 7 - about 4 blocks from the main piazza - Piazza IV Novembre. The city is beautiful. Everything is old, and there are pretty doors and windows on most buildings. Today, we got into our apartment and set everything up. Ate pizza (AMAZING!) at a little pizzeria outside, went on a quick tour of the city, and found a great internet spot on some steps right outside of a gelateria. Right now there are about 6 13-14 year olds chatting to each other and having a grand ole time in front of me. The table just peer pressured one of the girls to smoke. I don't think she liked it, and I think some of them just noticed me looking at them. In about 2 minutes I have to go back to the apartment to grab Julie, drop my computer, and go to dinner with a small, select group of people (everyone has a different time to go to this restaurant). We also did a little grocery shopping today - have some cokes, bread, cereal, milk, and of course lots of pasta! I'll put up pictures of the apartment later tonight, I think since I can't get on the internet from my room unless we figure out how to break some passwords which might be a little illegal with Umbra Institute.