buon giorno

ciao everyone! sorry for the delay....i've been m.i.a from any kind of internet except for my phone which somehow works but its very slow. italy is BEAUTIFUL!!! the people are very nice and the food is AmaZing! i havent tried anything i didnt like! i'm gonna pretty much be fat but i'll lose it next month lol. they have this thing called an appertif and its pretty much like a happy hour. it starts around 5 to sometimes 10pm and all you do is buy a drink (which are delicous!) and theres an open buffet of delicious yummy italian food. it depends on each bar but the good ones have mussels, pasta, desserts, and you can get as much as you want! thats pretty much dinner. get crunk and eat. perfect! my roommates are really cool and from virgina, nevada and pennsylvania. we hang out and some of us have the same classes which is really nice. at school there are people from all over. in my class theres people from moscow, thailand, the netherlands, canada and other places. me and another roommate are the only americans! the school isnt very far. its about a 15min walk but you can take the tram for one euro. the duomo is close by and very goregous and enormous and there are some fancy shops like dolce& gabbana, prada and dior. obviously i can only look :( everything is so expensive! its pretty much double...and there are little stands that sell slushies and beer. its so funny to see people walking around with their 32oz of beck's. the fashion here is pretty normal except for the punk kids who pretty much look all the same and a little scary. the guys arent afraid to wear tight neon colored pants and belly shirts. but everyone is really nice when they find out you're american because some like to practice their english. and italians loooove american music. the other night at this bar by the canal called the big pig bar two guys were playing amy winehouse and other girlie songs but everyone was really into it. too much fun! well its been about four days and it feels like a week already. well i'll update soon! goodnight! :)