Lost in Bologna

I made it. I am in Italy. I am freaking out.

Okay so I am not freaking out all the time.  I have gotten to know the city and am already starting to know the names of streets are areas that I should and should not be at night. I have even been hit on twice in Italian and understood it. Ha ha. I am trying to stay really busy so that I do not get homesick.  Lauren (the other girl from U of I) and I have been apartment hunting but that has come to a standstill because my Italian cell phone has not yet been activated. 

There are so many thoughts going through my head while I am finding apartments. Will they like me? What if they want to only speak English? How many people should I live with? Boys? Girls? Both? What if the boys are really cute? What if I get lost and no one is with me to find the aparment?

Speaking of getting lost....I got lost for about 20 minutes today.  I couldn't sleep and was awake at 5:00 am, watching the movie UP.  After about 45 minutes of this, I decided to go for a quick run to settle my racing thoughts about apartments and planning trips and missing home.  Well this little run quickly turned into a 45 minute adventure.  The plan was originally to run about 1.5 miles but after realizing that I had no idea where I was and after taking streets that were winding in circles, my "little" run turned into a 5 mile excursion.  Thank god it was 6:00 am and no one was out yet except for people walking their dogs (which are everywhere!!).  I was just about to ask for directions from a cute boy on a Vespa when I remembered that I was sweating profusely.  Luckily the next street I ran into was the one my hotel was on. 

Its now 4:00 pm and I have not gone back to bed. Tomorrow is my first official day of class.  I actually met more people in my program today.  I think we are going to head out for some drinks tonight. Lets see how getting up by 8:30 tomorrow morning goes.......