I can't believe it! It's been an entire week since I left Massachusetts to come to Italia! The last seven days have flown by so quickly! I can only imagine that once my actual classes start and we begin to travel that the next 3 and a half months will go by just as quickly! I've fallen in love with this city in just this short amount of time and I can't wait to enjoy the rest of my time here!
We plan on starting those travel plans tomorrow by taking a trip to Florence, or Firenze in Italian. It will be interesting to see how the regions of Italy differ from each other. It will be our first step outside of our little Perugian bubble that we have gotten comfortable with. I'm excited, but I hope I've absorbed enough Italian this week to get by while we are venturing around the country! And I hope that all of the Italian people that we meet are just as helpful and enjoyable to interact with as those that I have met so far in Perugia!
I should also hope that they are much more tentative drivers. Unfortunately I don't think that there are many tentative drivers in Europe, so I guess it's one of my new jobs to worry more about when and where I walk and cross streets. Because in Perugia, sidewalks, crosswalks and occasionally stop lights are more of a suggestion than an actual law. I am slightly embarrassed to say that today alone I almost got hit several times. But I think in time I'll learn, and I'm sure my newfound cautiousness will travel back to Boston with me. So if nothing else, I'll be safer at home! Who knew that Italian drivers could possibly help me back home?!
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