Today it really hit me that my 7 week vacation is just about over. Classes start on Monday, but considering I'll still get to be living in Rome, I'm alright with it. We went for our cappuccini (which they will be closed tomorrow the owner told us before we left, guess we'll have to find another place for Sundays) and then headed to campus for a welcome bbq. It wasn't much, just hamburgers, chips and the students we'll be studying with so we didn't stay long seeing as everyone pretty much stuck with people they had already met throughout the week. Then we decided we'll be semi-prepared for classes on Monday and get notebooks and pens so we went to a tiny shop near campus to get them. The shop owner was really nice and tried to talk in English for us, along with giving a student discount of 20%. After that we did a decently un-Italian thing and went on a pretty big grocery trip. We got stuff for the majority of the week (until Thursday because we leave for Florence on Friday) including stuff to make crepes (nutella and banana) and shrimp for our dinner. We had shrimp in lemon sauce with fresh fettuccine and parsley and a salad. It was our first salad since we'd been here and we have had cravings for a few days so it was nice to finally satisfy them.
Groceries are extremely cheap, especially compared to Hawaii, but still, extremely cheap. I got all my groceries for the week, including detergent and paper towels and only spent like 30 euro, which is about $40 in the US. This wasn't just getting packs of ramen or anything, but getting fresh prosciutto tortellini for 50 eurocents a pack, or corn flakes for 1 euro a box. Everything is also so much more fresh here, like I'll even drink regular milk instead of getting soymilk (which is way more expensive here, it's like the 1 thing). Not to mention that the wine is cheap... but that's a different topic completely.
We're taking it easy tonight to get back on a schedule for school, although we did take a nap from 5:15-6:30. It probably won't stop us from hitting the sac around 11. Tomorrow the school is taking us on a shopping trip since every store here has 50-70% off sales on everything. This is great considering when I went to pack and get things from my storage unit I had the stomach flu and just wasn't having it. Then school on Monday!
Alright well one of my roommates is making us crepes (nutella and banana... nom) so I'm going to go help, since I get hungry just about every hour here but I'll let you know what I get shopping tomorrow. Ciao.
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