Day One (what i can recall of it anyway!)

First day In Roma, VERY VERY QUICK update people waiting for the comp, they are in limited supply here!!

here we go, bullet point style!

5:45- 7:30- plane takes off, dinner served on plane (chicken questionable- eat what's given)

8:30- 11:30- Lights out on plane, good luck sleeping- seat recline is a joke- haha! Slept one hour and regretted it due to soreness and pain caused!

11:30- lights on because it's morning! is now almost 6:00 AM local time

12:30- Breakfast served according to the local time of 6:30 AM

1:30- we land at 7:30 local time We have time traveled and it is now morning instead of middle of the night. Sleep is for the weak. 

Get baggage, wait for bus at airport, drive into city (Rome traffic puts Boston/Mass pike at it's worst to shame- drivers are insane- glad to be in massive bus)  7:30- 10:00

Arrive at apartment at 10:30 Are locked out at first- stand around looking lost,dazed and confused for 15-20 mins. Keys are found. Hoorah!

Housing Orientation, filling out housing forms, unpacking: 10:30-1:00 Learn how to recycle in Roma. Way more complicated than in US. No, I'm not joking. 

1:00- lunch at a local restaurant! That we had to find on our own, walking. Will never ever eat canned sauce again. Have lived. Thank you Italy!

3:00 More orientation, was in coma during it. Something about not getting drunk. have that under control. The course seems intense and panic attack inducing. But in Rome! Am okay with that. HAd to find building ourselves again, walking through Rome. Ignored map, looked for massive column, technique worked. Found building, success. So street savvy!

4:30- break during orientation (now)

We have not stopped going at all. It has been nonstop without even a chance to nap. I have seen tons but it has all been through sleep deprived bleary eyes. Tons of pictures have been taken but again, i could not tell you of what, well i could explain our sweet apartment pretty well but that's for another time. (our apartment is better than all of them- this has been proven by comparison and agreed upon) pictures to come in a day or two (or three?!)

Interesting Notes: 

Almost all apartments have balconies, almost all balconies are lined with plants, some positively overflowing with plants so even the lower income areas have a beauty to them unseen in America.

SUVs are NOT in. Smart cars are everywhere, and if it's not a smart car- its a smartcar just enlongated slightly so it's shaped like an egg tipped on its side. I refer to these cars as egg cars and if you don't have one you're not in, it seems. 

heat wave in Rome right now. It's blazing. 

Going outside because I'm in Rome and sleep deprived and it's sunny out, then more forms forms forms, til dinner at seven.