I left Grand Rapids on Sunday, flew to Chicago, then Madrid, then Bologna. From there a couple of us from the program were driven to the hotel in Ferrara. The trip was rather uneventful overall. I hardly slept on my way to Madrid (still a terrible airport), but then crashed on the flight to Bologna.
When we got to the hotel, we all took a nap and had a few hours to relax before we had a short meeting and dinner at a pizzeria. We ate relatively early by Italian standards (7:30), but we were all exhausted and I was asleep by 10 that night.
Yesterday, we had a full day of orientation. There was a lot of info and brouchres. There was also a "city game" that we had to do, which was basically a scavenger hunt around the city so we'd get to know it a little better. After all that walking, we had a huge, classically Italian dinner. Four courses and a full stomach. It was a struggle to finish it all...
I have yet to move in with my host-family (that's happening in a few hours) or find out any information about them. I also haven't really taken any pictures (shocker, I know), mainly because I've been too preoccupied with not getting lost. Oh, well, I know they'll come. We're off to go finish getting phones for everyone!
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