Two words: Bed. Bugs.
Who knew a city so clean like Florence would have such a big problem with bed bugs. Already two rooms in our own Pensione have gotten bed bugs. And apparently they are very difficult to eradicate. The infested room has to be cleared out, all the clothes and any form of cloth (bed sheets, backpacks, or anything else) must be washed immediately, and the mattresses burned. Wow, what an exhausting process, but already two rooms of people have already had to go through that process. While dealing with this issue is annoying and such a nuisance, it is sort of inevitable with all the traveling that people do. My roommates and I have been constantly checking our room and our beds to see if any of the bugs have developed in our room, luckily we are still bed bug free. But we shall see.
Other than the bed bug issue, today was great. We had a big orientation meeting this morning where all the campus faculty introduced themselves and their courses. There is this history of Rock N' Roll class that I am going to take that is on Wednesdays from 3:30-6:30pm. It's called "Trends in Contemporary Music from Rock N' Roll to the Extremes". Dad, if you are reading this I think you would be very proud. We analyze and study the social impacts of artists such as The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and The Rolling Stones. It is totally going to be like School of Rock.
We also were able to tour the school and see where exactly we will be taking our classes. While the campus is quite smaller, significantly smaller than the Spokane campus, the school does offer a library, computer lab, and a gym. I hope that my classes aren't going to be too hard, but considering that I have class only four days a week, I do not think it will be that bad.
We are about to leave for Rome for the weekend (I know very hard life that I am currently living) and cannot wait to tell you guys all about it. We will be seeing the Colosseum, Sistine Chapel, the Vatican, Pope Francis (dude is awesome), and so much more! I will providing a very in depth blog post about this trip come the following week! But overall hope you guys are doing well and miss you! Grazie (thank you in Italian) and ciao for now.
Much love,
Emma
Who knew a city so clean like Florence would have such a big problem with bed bugs. Already two rooms in our own Pensione have gotten bed bugs. And apparently they are very difficult to eradicate. The infested room has to be cleared out, all the clothes and any form of cloth (bed sheets, backpacks, or anything else) must be washed immediately, and the mattresses burned. Wow, what an exhausting process, but already two rooms of people have already had to go through that process. While dealing with this issue is annoying and such a nuisance, it is sort of inevitable with all the traveling that people do. My roommates and I have been constantly checking our room and our beds to see if any of the bugs have developed in our room, luckily we are still bed bug free. But we shall see.
Other than the bed bug issue, today was great. We had a big orientation meeting this morning where all the campus faculty introduced themselves and their courses. There is this history of Rock N' Roll class that I am going to take that is on Wednesdays from 3:30-6:30pm. It's called "Trends in Contemporary Music from Rock N' Roll to the Extremes". Dad, if you are reading this I think you would be very proud. We analyze and study the social impacts of artists such as The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and The Rolling Stones. It is totally going to be like School of Rock.
We also were able to tour the school and see where exactly we will be taking our classes. While the campus is quite smaller, significantly smaller than the Spokane campus, the school does offer a library, computer lab, and a gym. I hope that my classes aren't going to be too hard, but considering that I have class only four days a week, I do not think it will be that bad.
We are about to leave for Rome for the weekend (I know very hard life that I am currently living) and cannot wait to tell you guys all about it. We will be seeing the Colosseum, Sistine Chapel, the Vatican, Pope Francis (dude is awesome), and so much more! I will providing a very in depth blog post about this trip come the following week! But overall hope you guys are doing well and miss you! Grazie (thank you in Italian) and ciao for now.
Much love,
Emma
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