a couple days

Now I'm starting to settle into the apartment more.. again, it's nice to be able to unpack and spread out a little.

Wednesday, we had a meeting on some housing information, then we went to the grocery store. It wasn't really that much different, but it still took us forever to shop and figure out what and where things were. I didn't get too much yet, and am trying to be creative to have different things besides just spaghetti on the small amount of stuff I got at the grocery store. Plan for next time: buy fresh fruits and veggies from the fruit/veggie store a block farther down, the rest from the grocery store.

After the grocery store, we got some key things figured out.. turns out we're just going to have to learn the trick to getting into the building, but now I have a key that will actually let us into the apartment, so that's good.

Went for a walk with Meghann and Erin, we found: a park, better graffiti, the end of the tram line, a crazy cat lady, an art supply store (but who knows where it was...), a really sketchy road/field thing, poo, a poo-covered postcard, and a little shop that made sorbet popsicles.

In the evening, went out with the guys and some of the other graphic girls, missed the stop on the tram on the way there, got lost a little trying to find the place, spent too much on a pint, had a long long walk home since the tram stopped running, but also really enjoyed seeing some of the people I hadn't seen yet, and getting farther away from our apartment.

Thursday, we had a really long meeting about safety/keys, but at least they fed us. Afterwards, headed through town in the direction of H&M, trying to find some more clothes we could wear in the heat. It's crazy how you can just be walkin' along, and then BAM there's Trajan's Column or some awesome building around the corner. It's so hard for me to fathom how old most of these buildings are.

The only thing I've been slightly disappointed about is how far our apartment is from central areas in Rome. A 45 min walk or 30 min tram venture is not really that big of a deal, but it would be nice to be closer to some other stuff, and it seems a little cleaner (at least there isn't as much graffiti everywhere, and less trash)...

TOMORROW: overview of class, explore studio area(?), maybe PEACHES(?)
General future: Plan trips! Where to go, where to go?