Im leaving on a Jet Plane

So im finally here! After flights from Dallas to Chicago, Chicago to Zurich, Zurich to Rome and a couple hour buss ride I am finally in Perugia! And as excited as I am to be here I do have to say it is weird not being back at the hill with everyone. Im sure everyone there is having a great time! My time back home was great but very busy with lots of errands to run but I did manage to see some of my friends who hadn’t left for school yet eat at a lot of my favorite spots. Speaking of which, anytime I’m back home I overload on Mexican food! I love Massachusetts but I don’t love the Mexican food, I just really feel like nothing beats good ol’ Tex-Mex. So on my last day at home mom and I headed to Campo Verde for one last Mexican food fix. Now I have to share that growing up Campo Verde was my favorite restaurant not only because of the most amazing chips and queso you get for free but because it is quite possibly one of the tackiest decorated restaurants you can ever see. They have scrap metal mariachis on the roof of the building and once you get inside it looks like Christmas lights exploded everywhere but the food is YUMMY! So if your ever visiting Arlington Texas its defiantly worth a stop.

Check out the mariachis!!

SOOO good!

Anyways back to Perugia after all I did make it all the way across the ocean…so after arriving at the airport we were met by Umbra staff who made sure we all made it on to the right busses. This first night we are staying at Hotel Gio, tomorrow (Monday) we will move into our apartments in the morning. But tonight after everyone was settled into their rooms we had a nice welcome dinner with everyone participating in the program.
I know I have only been in Italy for a few hours but, as I sit here writing this on my hotel room floor I have already noticed quite a few difference. First well the internet that we are so used to being readily accessible is somewhat of a scavenger hunt to find. It will be an interesting 3 months without daily facebook and email checks (but don’t stop sending me messages, I still love those!) Another difference that is hard to miss is European bathrooms. Sam and I already had an interesting experience trying to figure out how to work the shower. Now I know all showers are slightly different but usually a brain power and you can figure them out. Well let’s just say it took Sam and myself more than a few minutes to figure this one out. On top of that it’s not ever a real shower. It’s basically a showerhead on a hose in a bathtub…hopefully we won’t flood the bathroom to many times this semester.

Sam's and my room at Hotel Gio

So that’s all that for now, time to finish settling and getting ready for the start of orientation tomorrow. I’ll follow up later in the week with new on my apartment, and orientation!