Walking in a Winter Wonder Land

I woke up to snow on my first morning here in Paderno! It was such a treat and I am proud to say that I have seen more snow in the past 48 hours then I have in the past year! Of course, all of the Northerners just laugh at us Southerners. The past two days have been so crazy. We actually started class to all of our surprises. Everyone was under the impression that classes didn't start until February 4th but apparently that is just when the regular schedule begins and all of the orientations and leadership stuff ends. Classes are TWO HOURS LONG. Every day I think I lose my mind a little bit more but all of the teachers are so cool! Tonight (16/1/2013) we all went to the local pizza place for dinner (AMAZING) and a lot of the professors were there. They came up to the table and had a drink with us, mine even remember who I was after only having once class with me.

Tonight was the first night the pizza place has been open this year so we really had a good time. We came back from the "mall" which is like half mall/half COSTCO and decided to walk to meet everybody. *Side note: we all bought pillows at the mall because the pillows in out dorms are a sorry excuse for a pillow, it was kind of funny to see 50+ Americans walking around with pillow* The Pizzeria is about  half a mile up the road so it's not too bad of a walk. We all decided that we needed to give the sports bar a break but I am sure we will be back there again soon! When we left the pizza place to walk back to campus it was snowing again and walking in the snow in the streets of Paderno was really a treat. Accept the drivers are INSANE! When you see a car coming, day or night, you jump into the ditch (there are no sidewalks) and hope for the best. I did see my dream car in white parked on the side of the street outside of campus! Judging by the cars, I think this is a really wealthy area...

We are all still turning in early because of the 2 hour classes and the jet lag. It's exhausting! Hopefully the blog gets a little bit more exciting as I get settled here! 

Buona notte!