Today was the first day of classes. After changing my schedule 2 times today, it's finally figured out. Another successful thing about today was that I learned how to order a big cappuccino! "Cappuccino maxi" it's called. It's served in an actual mug as opposed to a tiny teacup. Tonight for dinner we went out for pizza to celebrate our friend Marie's 21 birthday. I got a calzone with 4 cheeses, but had to be annoying and actually ask for 3 cheeses instead becuase Im not a fan of gorgonzola. After we went to 2 bars and wore those party hats that 2 year olds wear and sang kareoke! It was pretty funny. Other than that, today was just figuring out classes, sitting in classes, a meeting and a nap. But still a good day :) ... read more

Today was prettttyyyy boring. We slept til 2pm because me and Carrie were out til after 4 at an "all night dance party" we were brought to by a friend who has been studying abroad here since last semester. It was literally the craziest thing I have expereinced yet while being here. Talk about strobe lights, extremely loud and intense Italian music. My ears are still ringing. Before going to that club we walked around to different bars and saw some fellow Umbra students. Wins the award for must fun night out here so far. Today nothing seemed to be working for us in general. My cell phone I got for this trip charged over night and now simply just won't turn on at all. While trying to charge my computer, I noticed my converter/adapter would ... read more

This is my first post on my first ever blog. I don't know if anyone will read this, or if it will never be seen. I would appreciate comments just to know someone is seeing this! I am a Jounalism/Mass Communication major and have always been into writing. I tend to ramble alot and I promise I can't promise to avoid doing it in this blog :) So, how did I end up here in Perugia, Italy? I wish the story had more substance than it actually does. Instead, it was more suggested to me by my dad. It started as a "Claire, I saw that there is a meeting about studying abroad in Perugia for Spring 2012..it's at this room at this time. And you really, really should go." I didn't say no. I had ... read more