First Phone Call!

 Today I started my classes online and on campus.  I am taking cross culture psychology on campus and art history and communications online.  This ensures I will have a lot of free time.  I am really looking forward to exploring this city to the fullest. Tomorrow I am planning on going out and finding camera shops.  Today I also recieved my first phone call from Kris and Jill.  It was really exciting for me because since I have been here I haven't been able to talk to any one except my roommate on Skype.  Now I just hope my parents will get a calling card so I can talk to them.  Well it's off to bed for me it has been a relaxing day.

Duomo

Today was a really fun day! We had Italian class in the morning then for lunch we ate at the cafe Penny Lane you know like the Beatles song. After lunch Elenora took us to the market where they had street vendors selling clothes and food. There were so many things I wanted to buy but held myself back. After the market Jen, Ambar, and I decided to go to Duomo, a beautiful church, we saw it the other day but it was raining so the colors in the stained glass were not very pretty. When we got there we toured inside it is sooo beautiful. All of the stained glass windows and the paintings on the walls. I was in awe. After looking at the inside we wanted to climb to the top of the building to see the city. So we walked around the back of the building and payed 5 Euros to walk up to the top...not fun. I thought I was going to die we walked up so many flights of stairs, I can't believe we payed to walk up that many stairs, but we decided it was cheaper than going to the gym :) When we reached the top we could see the whole city and the moutains that surround Milan. It was such a beautiful sight. After walking around on the roof for a while we decided we needed some gelato it was delicious! By the end of our gelato we were so tired we started to walk back to our apt and on the way I found a beautiful dark purple scarf that I bought and I am so exited to wear. All in all today was a fun day! I am falling in love with this city!

Milano!

Milano Italy what a beautiful place, and to think I will be living here for three more months is just crazy to me. I love this city. On the first day that we arrived I was not so sure how I felt about it...but I was also very sick from the plane ride and traveling. When we first arrived in Milan we were greeted by Eleonora and Sanda leaders of our trip. When we took our luggage out to the bus I realized it was a Mercedes-Benz. I was thinking to myself, WOW a Mercedes! But then soon after realized that the Mercedes is to Italy what the Ford is to America...Everyone has one and they are very common. I also saw a few fords and chevys..but not to many. Everything here is so small. When I say that I mean that the buildings are smaller the cars are smaller and the showers are much smaller. I never realized how big things in America were until I moved here, or how many things we have that we dont need. Like big SUV's we don't need those. They have smart cars and very tiny cars that are the length of my arms from fingertip to fingertip, and they can get buy no problem with them. Anyways this is such a beautiful city and I am already learning so much about the culture and language it is so wonderful I am looking forward to the next few months in this beautiful country!