Settling in

We've been in this apartment for 4ish days and I'm still not settled in! It is driving me crazy. It seems like we're busy every moment. Leah and I finally unpacked most of our clothes into the closet and I regret bringing a lot of stuff already. I really need to learn how to pack lighter. We haven't gone food shopping yet; I think we're going to go a little later in the day.

Today we had more orientation stuff. It was pretty helpful because the session was centered around transportation. I get a monthly pass to use the buses, trams, and the metro, and during the session we rode on all of those. Public transportation here seems pretty useful and simple.

Leah and I have gotten to know the Trastevere neighborhood pretty well, but have yet to explore our neighborhood much. We haven't gone out since the second night because we have both been too wiped out from the day. Instead we've been planning our weekend trips. We've decided we only want to be in Rome one weekend per month. Planning is so stressful though! We haven't really decided on anything concrete yet. Also, I found out I can't do the trip to the Swiss Alps, because I have a mandatory field trip for my architecture class that weekend. Bummer.

I think tonight we are going to bar hop in our neighborhood and maybe find a club to go to later on in the night if we have the energy. I will have to muster up the strength to go out because I'm still exhausted, but it's Saturday so I have to!

Naptime.