It has been a few days since I wrote last. Things are getting pretty busy here. The days really wear me out. No matter how much sleep I get I always seem to be tired, tired and hungry. In Italy there never seems to be a minute where I am not thinking about food, gelato, cornetti, pizza, I want it all. The first few days mensa (our cafeteria) was horrible but it is getting better (or I am just getting used to it). Everyday the menu includes pasta, pasta, pasta, meat, vegetables, salad, fruit, desert. The thing is we can only have fruit or desert, one kind of vegetable, one kind of meat, and all the pasta we can eat. I'm not going to complain about it, I'm just going to say that I should be able to have yogurt and desert! Not one or the other.

This weekend was a busy weekend! Thursday night some of my friends and I headed out to a wine bar in Campo di Fiori. It was a lot of fun, we dressed up (I wore my new high heels!), and went out on the town! Friday I went back in Roma and wandered around Trastevere for the day. I have been doing so much walking! My legs are exhausted at the end of everyday. Although I am looking forward to having awesome looking legs by the end of this semester!

On Saturday I went to Hadrian's Villa. It was a cool site to see. The ruins are awesome.

The rest of the weekend I spent planning trips with my friends to go to Barcelona and Florence! I can't wait for the weekends I will be traveling! It is definitely something to look forward to! When I think in terms of the weekends and making checkpoints of the weekends I will be traveling to other countries my time here doesn't seem quite as long.

I've been here for about a week and a half. I've cried twice, and the rest of the time I have been having a really great time. I definitely am homesick for everyone still in the States, but it helps immensely to have some really great friends here. They are definitely people I can talk to when I'm sad, happy, lonely, scared, whatever emotion I might be feeling, they will be the people that will make my time in Roma the best it can be! It also really helps to skype with people at home. Although it doesn't always work even the little glimpses of their faces brighten my day. The messages I get from everyone also help me to feel like I'm not totally missing things going on with them.

The top three things I miss the most from home...

1. My family, friends, boyfriend, pets, etc. (In no particular order)

2. Toilet seats (They really don't have toilet seats here, easier for boys, much harder for girls.)

3. Mexican food (I was told I would miss this but I did not think I will miss it this much this soon!)

This week should bring some interesting things! I will be writing again after Barcelona! Stay tuned...

Ciao for now amici!