Today (Thursday) was awesome. First off, I can't believe I am finally here in Italy. Today we were given a walking tour of Siena, an overview of our course options, had an ice breaker with the group, actually went to our small campus, purchased cell phones and explored the nightlife of Siena. This place just continues to amaze me by its surreal beauty and people. The classes seem like they might be a little harder than we all anticipated but definitely manageable when one puts adequate effort into it. I think I will take Art History and Emigration of Italians. Siena's art and medieval history something notable and I figure the reasons why Italians fled to certain areas for economic and political reasons are very interesting. I legally ordered my first alcoholic beverage. It was four vodka pecsa (peach). It was the bartenders specialty, I think it was 7/8 vodka and 1/8 spite, but very good. We just hung out on the Piazza del Campo which is actually where the Palio will be in about two weeks and a day. We were actually sitting on the ground, crazy right? The streets are so ridiculously clean that we think they must sand and wax the bricks and sweep them afterward, haha. I actually think it's because everything is made of stone that no dirt ever falls upon the road. We will find out soon. There was also a drag queen and belly dancer singing at a pub/ristorante. P.s. I may never come home. Nah, I would miss my family, friends, and Jake too much. Vi amo. Buona notte tutti....... Today (Friday) we went to Italian class until noon and then figured out how to use our Italians phones. Once that was a success we met others of the program(ten or so) and sat in the Piazzo del Campo (again.... picture given) together and enjoyed a bottle of wine. In Italy there are no drinking laws, for the most part. Today I also figured out how to use Maura's shower. Italy does have hot water. The water takes about 5 minutes to warm up, so I was under the false impression that her water never got hot... but it definitely does. Yesterday I showered by turning the water on to soak myself enough to be able to soap up and then rinse off because it was so cold I couldn't stand it. Today it got so hot I couldn't stand it. Stupid American, haha. Thanks for reading my blog, talk to you soon.