today was another long day! but so much fun as always! we had our academic orientation which was really helpful and we found out a lot of useful information. the consulate guy came and talked to us and filled us in on our rights and all that fun stuff. then the italian military police talked to us about things in the city to keep an eye out for and such. i found out my schedule and where my classes are, they are spread throughout the city but its not too bad everything is still reasonably close. which is nice and i know how to get there which is really weird because i'm starting to learn florence, which is wicked weird just typing about it. the city is awesome and really easy to navigate once you realize whats around you and recognize the monuments and everything. we had our orientation in the theater which looked more like a set out of a movie because it was so unbelievable!(look at the pix). after the orientation we all came back and took a nap, i passed out for like 2 hours which was nice because i definitely needed it. then we all just hung out around the apartment and got some dinner, we had our first dinner in the actual apartment which was nice. for the rest of the night i've been trying to upload all my pictures and my blog so now i can finally go to bed! its 1:23 am here and i'm done haha! for tonight atleast! love you guys! wish you could hear the bells that go off every hour across the river, we can see them sway back n forth and its beautiful.