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Ajusting To College
So first week of college came and went already for me. Now this is my second week and I think I'm settling in a bit. I got the flow of the week down. Three classes Monday, one Tuesday, three Wednesday, one Thursday, and two Friday. I guess I haven't mentioned which classes I'm taking. Well, how 'bout now? There's Intermediate Algebra, Intro to Sociology, English, and Intro to Chinese. Yup, Chinese. It's real cool so far. I got my Chinese name today and it's Su Jian Ming. I think it's awesome.

Aside from college, I've been getting more hours at GameStop and it's getting crazy. I'm putting in about 30 hours this week and that's unusual for just a regular employee. Usually managers or assistant managers get that amount. But I don't mind. Means I get more money to save and spend for food. Woo.

I know this may seem weird, but I'll go ahead and explain my long awaited Latin Trip! Still have to upload my photos, so I apologize for that.

Part I - ROME:
So we leave Rochester around 4:30 in the evening to go to the Minneapolis Airport. We get at the airport around something like 6 o'clock and walk in to get our tickets. The whole ticket process took about 30 minutes to complete since there were 40 of us. We were able to get food before we got on the plane after we had finished up the tickets, which I took advantage of and got a sub. Get on the plane around 7 or 7:30 and we depart for our one-way, 7 hour flight. This is what the flight was like: Listen to instructions, watch movie, eat, watch another movie or sleep, repeat sleeping or watching movie until the airplane lands. When we finally landed at like 8 AM, we got off in Amsterdam and switched planes to take about a 2 hour flight to Rome. As soon as we landed we met our translator and guide, Latiza (I believe that's how you spelled it). She gave us some background info about what we were doing in Rome and we got on a bus. Drove to the Piazza Navona and walked around there for a bit. We saw the Pantheon while we were there as well. Met up to go to dinner and had our first Italian supper. It consisted of a three-meat and one-cheese appetizer, pasta and sauce, and grilled pork with salad. It wasn't too bad. After food we were able to explore around on our own. We saw lots of beggars, peddlers, and some homeless people (this was just at the Piazza). When it was about 9, we met up and got back on the bus to head to our first hotel. I stayed in a room with 4 other guys and it was pretty cozy. By that I mean barely not much space.

Next day we wake up before 7 and get ready. The showers weren't anything like ours here. They were only the shower heads you can hold and there was no place to hang it up. So you had to shut the water off to latter up both body wash and shampoo. It took awhile to get used to. Anyways, the second day was pretty much hitting the heart of Rome: The Colosseum, the two famous arches of Rome, the Roman Forum with all the ruins, downtown Rome, the Trevi fountain, Palatine Hill, Circus Maximus...wow, lots. We had a very full day. Only other thing worth mentioning was our supper. It was basically the same as the first, but the pasta was better and the meat was very good. Went back to hotel and slept again.

Third day we went to Vatican City and toured the entire place. Saw all the famous paintings, sculptures, churches, everything. Heck, we were even lucky enough to see the Pope. In person. He was there for one day for a public mass and we were able to hit it. Not much else to say since it's the Vatican, duh. I'm forgetting what we did the rest of that day. I know we left for a ferry later that evening, but I need to figure out where. How about I stop here for Part I? I'll update with more information later.