So i've been here for several days now and my body is still getting adjusted to time. It stinks waking up at 2am and staying awake for hours because back home it's 7pm. Hopefully, by the end of the week i'll be able to get a full nights rest.
Yesterday we went on a tour of the city. It was a straight 2-hour walk up and down the hills of Taormina :) The tour was interesting; we learned where the bus stop, post office, and the public gardens are. I'll have to show some of the garden pictures even though they do it no justice! After our tour some of us grabbed lunch and headed to the hotel for some rest. I took a 2-hour nap which was probably not to smart considering I was up the whole night. After waking up we went to this little cafe/bar down the street. We all got lasagna (I had lasagne quattro formaggi; 4 cheese lasagna) it was interesting, but good. Then a couple of us grabbed some deeeelicious gelato and wine and headed back to the hotel.
When we got back to the hotel we proceeded to have a wine night, I of course bought the more expensive bottle and choked everytime just to swallow. The wine Nero d'Avola is supposed to be one of Sicily's most famous wines; well it takes like petroleum mixed with tire rubber, ask anyone! :) We had a pretty good night though, a couple of the girls and I hung out after everyone either left or went out and we found a lot of commom ideas we all share! It was fun! That was the end of that night until 2am this morning when the crazy, loud, drunk italian men downstairs proceeded to wake me up!
So this morning I woke up, ate a big breakfast, and now i'm at the school writing this. I've got to do some homework and start studying for the GRE (fun stuff I know). Oh, my phone is finally starting to work a little better now. I've been able to get calls from mom and jeffrey, which definitely makes my day :) I miss them both so much but i'm so glad they supported me in the decision to come here, it's a blessing no doubt! Well that's it for today!
Arrivederci :)
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