Prima giorno di scuola!

Today was my first day of actual classes. It was nice to have classes since the past five days we've been doing pretty much nothing. Those days off really messed up my Italian - I got to class today and had forgotten some simple verbs. I think I need to step it up with studying my Italian if I want to really learn it. The other class I had was called The Black Death and its Aftermath. We didn't do much in class - just went over a general overview of the course and did a bit of background on the time period. Our teacher doesn't know a ton of English, so he talks really slow and I have to work really hard to pay attention and not zone out. Hopefully it will be an interesting class!
My mom has been getting on me about putting up a picture of the snow, so by tomorrow I will have one up. I just have to remember to upload the pictures from my camera. I also will post some pictures from the bottini (the aqueduct underneath the city). Sorry it's taking me a while to post pics!
Yesterday night, I went to a place called the tea room. They have I think 95 different kinds of tea to choose from. They give you a pot of tea which is basically 4-6 cups of tea. They also have cakes or tortas, cocktails, and caffe. It's a bit difficult to find, but it's a cute little place to hang out and have some tea. Unfortunately it doesn't open until 7. If it opened earlier I would be hanging out there a lot, especially since it is about 5 minutes from my apartment. Mom, I will take you there if you and Dad are in Siena for a night. :)
It was pretty cold here today and yet I still had some gelato. I got banana and chocolate. Best combo ever! Well worth having my hands frozen for a bit. I was debating on whether to get some gelato or some fritelli. There is a little shack set up in il campo that sells these fritelli's that are made with rice, orange, and sugar. It's basically like fried dough. They are so good and pretty cheap! Since I had them yesterday, I decided to go with gelato. With the shack staying up through February, I'm guessing I will gain some weight this month. Fritelli + not running as much = weight gain. February will also be pretty cold, so I won't want to go on walks every day like I've been doing. Oh well. I'm here in Italy, so might as well enjoy all the food I can. Just don't be surprised if I come back 20 pounds heavier...