Supermercado

Yesterday we went to il supermercado in the outskirts of Perugia.  We took the mini metro.  I bought a ticket for 10 Euros for 10 uses.  They system is like the T in Boston in the way that you get in and out of the station.  But anyways we went with our professor, ti chiame Gioliano, to learn about how to buy things and get good prices at the supermarket.  It was fun and we bought a lot of things there.  We had to buy special bags because they charge you for the flimsy plastic bags, probably for environmental reasons.  Five of us have become close already and we all split the costs so it ended up being cheap and we got enough food for several weeks.

My program is awesome and it is soooo easy to change classes, meet with professors, etc.  The umbra institute consists of one level of a building with a couple hallways.  It is very small and our program is small.  Probably between 60 - 70 people.  There are people from all over but I am trying to meet the locals and practice my Italian.  I am learning so much just living here.  The professors are awesome although the Italian class profs only know a little bit of English.  They are super helpful and fun.  We were drinking sangria with them yesterday because they set up this dinner at a restaurante for apperativo which is like the first course.  Wine & Prosciutto and Pizzzzzza for free.  The people that work at the Institute organize a lot of extracurricular activities and make it so much easier for us because it is really confusing at first the whole travel thing.  After apperativo we went to un caffe (bar) called "Merlins" where we met some of our Italian friends haha.  They give free shots to americanos.  We did Karaoke with them on tuesday night so funnn. We won't be able to go out every night when our real classes start next week but right now we are just trying to live it up every day.

This weekend we are going to Cortona in the regione di Tuscany.  It is a little town near a large lake and borders Umbria, the region where Perugia is.  It is also where Under the Tuscan Sun took place/was filmed I think.  Google it & think of me!  I hope to take a lot of pictures!!!

Sidenote: I cannot believe all the snow up in the Boston area.  I talked to Lindsay and Cency today and Ian and I cannot believe it!!!  Have a fun time in the snow for you all in the north!
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