On the bright side we had a fantastic lunch. There are many little bistros on the way to campus and we were positively famished so we stopped at one that had the cutest menu design (obviously the best way to choose). The man who was our server was the cutest little man ever, his name was Francesco. He came up to us and greeted us in Italian but then quickly switched to English and loudly proclaimed "Champagne for everyone!" and did a little jig. We laughed and all took water instead. He took a picture with Molly, sang to us, and was generally a jovial fellow. When he took our orders he informed me that no I could not order pizza (they only had it at night) when I switched to an artichoke pasta he also said no (not in season) he then proceeded to pick for me. I ended up with an mushroom, pea, and bacon fettucini. He picked well. Francesco was talking to us about school, and Rome, and the fact that we should definitely come back and eat at his restaurant again. The decision was unanimous, we will, and soon.
After lunch we had an orientation session which was very poorly planned. They wanted to do a walking tour of Rome in two hours showing us all of the major monuments (Spanish Steps, Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, the Roman Forum, and the Pantheon). However, they did not communicate that to us. So none of us had fully charged cameras and two of them were not in good walking shoes. Also, my very enthusiastic (extreme sarcasm) orientation leader encouraged us to get lost from the group or ditch. He himself said rather loudly he had other things that he wanted to do. It was one of the oddest things that I have ever experienced. So my roommates and I took his advice and "got lost" and we explored in the other side of the Tiber river (we have really only explored by our place) and found a kitchen store. So we got some tupperware for our delicious meals that we will cook and some silicone cupcakes cups so we can bake away (as I type we are making cookies, yum yum). We also picked up our student IDs so that we get into both campuses (they have a guard at both to keep the rif-raf out), and Kelsey and I made our first video blog post (twopeasinpasta.blogspot.com). What I find really comical about the whole orientation process is what I still don't know: how to log into their computers, do I have an email, where is my mailbox, where are the computer labs, and how the library works. These are basic things that I feel should be covered under any orientation and am a little surprised that they have not covered.
The day of odd and near electrical fires ended with a new, and all together different, electrical fiasco. My laptop charger died. I am thankful that it was not my whole laptop, but chargers (with American voltage) are hard to acquire in Rome. Thankfully two of my roomates have macs, so I should be able to limp along. But it will be a tad inconvenient, especially when school starts on Monday. Woe to me *dramatic hand to forehead*!
Update on the cookies: they are now out of the oven and so delicious. However, they baked together, so they are more of a chocolate chip bar, less cookie. But yummy none the less.
Just finished skyping with my dad. It was so nice to see his face, even though he was in a hideous St.Thomas shirt. Bleh. I am all about the black and gold. GO GUSTIES!!!!
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