I'm Going to Come Home with a Great Ass

I think that during these past few days I have walked more than I ever have in my entire life. To get anywhere you have to go through hilly streets and having to carry groceries up is a huge struggle. We also have class twice a day, which is a 20-25 minute walk from the Montarina to Franklin College. My legs and butt are constantly sore, but hey, at least I'll leave in great shape. We are going to hike one of the major mountains on Sunday, which is exciting, but I also hope I can still move at that point.

Yesterday a bunch of us from all three groups (Kenya finally got here!) went paddle boating out to the middle of Lago di Lugano and swam for a while. The water was pretty cold, but the view was beautiful and it was nice to hangout with everyone as a whole. I love our whole group, everyone is down-to-earth and I think we will all really get along and work well together.

And last night we went out to a mojito bar where we met up with other Virginia Tech students who are studying in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland. They have been here for four weeks already and were telling us about their adventures so far and giving us advice for ours. One of my best friends and future roommate is in the program and it was great to see and talk to her. I miss all my friends so much, so it was nice to have a little bit of home here.

I don't know, I've noticed I'm just happy here. Like, I know this is all new and still feels like vacation, but the people here are so nice and I know these next few months are going to be incredible. Even though we started classes today (getting up at 8am sucked and I'm going to take a nap very soon) I'm ready to start learning and it doesn't seem like it will be too hard because everyone is taking the same classes together and we can all help each other study...but we'll see how I feel about that in a few weeks.

I just want to start doing some traveling already! We are going to Barcelona next weekend (we have to catch up on classes this weekend, so no travel unfortunately) for Jaclyn's birthday and I can't wait!