Classes: 1st Day

Last night was the last official night of summer. All my roommates and I had signed up for a historical walking tour of Perugia led by one of the Umbra staff, Zach. It was very interesting with true and very untrue facts about important buildings and people in the city. We learned about the last name Altuni - the name used by the orphanage when they gave last names to the abandoned children of the city. The orphanage sounded quite interesting though. In the side of the building near the door there used to be a turn-table sort of thing where mothers would place their unwanted babies and turn the table so the baby would be inside the orphanage. After the tour ended we were all starving; Julie and I had been eating ALL DAY but our never satisfied stomachs were craving more. Julie re-met this kid, Keane, on the tour, so we invited him back to our apartment for pizza and Top Gun. We were planning on a double feature of Eddie Izzard, again, and Willow, but Jeanette had a meeting and wouldn't be back until late, and Erica and I were the only ones who knew who Val Kilmer was. We needed to rectify this most seriously overlooked problem and decided Top Gun would give the much needed introduction to Val Kilmer without us having to restart Willow for Jeanette.
Today was the first real day of classes. It started with Italian at 9am. I am now the first person awake in the morning in the apartment and therefore must remain as quiet as possible and get dressed in a mostly dark room as to not disturb everyone else sleeping. After Italian I have about a 2 hour break where I have to get some lunch and change out my books. Today I also spent that time getting my permesso di giorno, basically the official document that allows me to stay in Italy for more than 3 months. Without it I could get thrown out of the country. So then I went to The Politics and Economics of the European Union class which apparently is suppose to be a difficult class according to the teacher. Then I had another long break were I got some reading done and headed off to The History of Early Christianity class. The teacher is a little difficult to understand, but we're going on two field trips which should be interesting: one to Rome and the other to Spoleto. So, if you've wondering what I'm doing Nov 2 and Dec 1, that's it.
And the random picture for the day: any guesses? We thought this was very neat. Its a cigarette dispenser. Although none of us smoke, we were all taken with this contraption.