Finally using my laptop

That's me on top of the City Tower in Siena. The climb up was so tiring. There were 300 steps, and they were all very narrow and steep. But the view was so beautiful at the top, it was worth the climb. I posted a bunch of pictures at http://www.community.webshots.com/user/chineizflowr, so go see pictures there. So I finally started class today. I had Italian class from 9-12 in the morning, then I had culture class from 2-4. For our culture class, we're starting with Art History, focusing on Michelangelo. So for the class, later on, we're actually going on "field trips" to see the statue of David among other things. :D I have Italian class everyday from 9-12, and I have another core class on Tuesdays from 2-4.

This weekend, we didn't travel to anywhere. We stayed in Siena and explored the town. It really is a pretty small place. There is a city wall, and most of the attractions are inside the city wall. You can pretty much walk around to all the different sites. I've been doing sooo much walking. I better not gain weight by the end of this. I live in an apartment that's on the fifth floor (they say fourth floor, but they count the first floor as ground level), and the steps aren't all even AND they're kinda slippery, so it's a PAIN to walk up the stairs. One of my roommates has already slipped and fallen on the stairs. I'm still trying to get used to the sounds. Every morning, I wake up at around 5:30 in the morning because of the stupid pigeons outside my window. We're on the top floor, and the pigeons are always on the roof and under the eaves, so they start cooing and flapping around and they're SO LOUD! I just want to throw something at them.

The food that I've eaten the most of is pizza, and bread and peanut butter. hehe. Usually for breakfast, I eat bread and peanut butter, and yogurt. The yogurt here is actually really good. Right now, I have fragola (strawberry) flavored yogurt. It's less thick than the yogurt in the US, more like those breakfast drinks. The pizza here is pretty good. The cheese and sauce are both kinda different from the pizza in the US. The sauce is more...tangy...I also had pasta..only once though...I had tortellini. It was really good. But the servings here are so much smaller than in the US. :( I could eat two servings. Even the bread is a lot smaller!

Gah..I'm running low on batteries...so i'll post more later. Ciao!