Buongiorno!

So my classes today weren't terrible. In fact I enjoyed them a bit. Both of them only had about 7 students which will make it easier to get to know the professor which I love. My italian class is going to be difficult. The professor doesn't speak english well at all. She talks in italian the entire time and none of us know a word yet, this should be interesting. My writing class will take me on lots of trips through the city which I'm thrilled about. In my italian class I sit next to a girl from Holland, very cool! I made 3 trips to the market today because otherwise I couldn't carry it all to my apartment so the cashier probably thought I was crazy but I got everything I needed and made my first delicious meal today of raviolli with some delicious sauce. Tomorrow I will attempt to make my mom's fiesta salsa and maybe some homemade applesauce. It all made me feel extremely independent and I was proud when I didn't ruin the raviolli and was able to find the zillions of ingrediants even though they were all in italian (with a little help from some friendly italians). I also found a great bookstore that sells american books so I purchased my first read for the semester called "the appointment". It's very reassuring when I'm able to find my way around a different city with a completely different culture and succeed. I did make one mistake though by buying a water bottle that was carbonated but no biggy, I'd rather it be that than something else. Well I'm off to watch a movie to keep myself american. Ciao!