Caro tutti!
What a day! Busy, Busy, Busy. However, I must say that I am happy with how it turned out! I had to report to the Questura, to get the permit of my stay because the Security Guard in Rome did not stamp my Passport. So I spent half the day in a crowded room. I am reluctant that the University scheduled the appointment, and had someone go with me who knew the system! Without the University or the women's help, I would have had a much harder time. The only scary thing about the Questura was having people (non-Italians) staring at me... Not going to lie... it was creepy!
But I got it stamped! YAY!
As I normally do, I went for lunch at the local WiFi cafè, and did some reading and facebooking (I am not a facebook junkie) After catching up on emails and oranizational stuff, I decided to call my parental units...Although I forgot the time change and ended up calling them at 6 am instead of 7am. oops! MY BAD!
Being in Italy has been opening up many doors! This may sound strange after my previous posts about not having many friends, but I am finally beginning to get in to life and starting to live by the "piano piano" lifestyle. We will see how that turns out when I return home... Though I don't know any one yet, I need to take it slow. I am not alone, I have a friend in Vicenza and I am meeting another this weekend, spero (I hope.)
For those of you who have been to Padova know about the graduation ceremony, and the display of public humiliation and roasting that goes on in Piazza del Bo. Almost everyday, differnt wild outfits, but the same song! Why don't we do that in the States?
Tomorrow night, good family friends are having me over for dinner, and they have a girl (una ragazza che è lo stesso età come me... for those of you who don't speak Italian I said they "have a girl who is my age" who they want me to meet!
There is still no word of when I will be starting work, but hopefully sometime next week at the latest. They still had no idea about my schedule and hours yesterday. This little setback has made me anxious to start. I graduated back in May, and would be back in school by now if I went straight into graduate school, but I didn't and for good reason! Lets face it! I am a young, sexy, and a bachelor! Plus, I don't want to rush into anything, as the next step is very important.
But enough rambling... I am in Italy! And the food is great! I have been eating out each night but Mom and Dad, no worries, I have not yet eaten Tripe, intestino (intestent,) kidney, liver, or brain yet... but don't worry if I find it I will! BWAHAHAHA. Just kidding. But honestly, I would eat Tripe and l'intestino again, just never Brain. After studying it for four years and disecting about three of them in one year I don't find it that tastey.
Tonight, I am going out for an aperitivo (by myself)... I don't mind it!
Well got run!
a presto!
PJ
