First week

So, the first week of uni has been rather confusing.
Specifically because I'm not taking any of the courses I planned on, because the work load was excessive and/or there were too many clashes. So I spent a large part of this week looking up any other courses available, reading course programs, talking to professors, going to classes which had been moved without my awareness, drawing up rough timetables only to edit them a hundred times... and rushing between classes because of this silly thing called "quarto d'ora universitario". Oh how I miss the English organisation =]
Things would be too simple if all classes here started at the same time every hour. But no. If a class is supposed to start at 9:30, it really means it goes from 9:45 to 10:30, because students will always be late. However, professors can also choose to start another class at 10:30 if they wish! So here I am rushing from one class (my French units are in a language campus 10 min away from the main campus) to the other, because I'm not sure if they'll start on time or 15 minutes late!

However, by Friday I thought I was getting the hang of things - except I showed up for a class at 8:45 and the professor decided that a 9:00 start would be more suitable for a Friday morning. Of course! As a payback, I ruled out his course after 2 minutes he was in the room and I saw his first slide. The unit was called "Right of Political and Social Communication" - a Law unit... what made me consider this back in Australia, I don't know.

I've nearly finalised my course list, which has to add up to 30 ECTS. Doing 2-3 French units, 1-2 of sociology, and an interesting one about teaching Italian as a second language, which my roomie Mary is joining me in :)

The professors are fairly nice, I made sure to introduce myself to all of them, but I promise not to be so annoying and suck up the rest of the semester ;)

Apart from this I've gone out a little this week, got to know an Ambercrombie model, eaten a lovely gelato (babbo- ho trovato un Signor Pistacchio molto buono! Da GelatItaliani), had a few meals at home and suffered the cold weather a little.

Actually I've just written all this at uni, I'm in a French class in a computer lab (oh! computers! in an Italian university! shock), and it's curious to see what the other students are doing instead of listening... a girl in front of me is clearly planning an English holiday, and numerous addicts have clearly found a way to unblock Faceboook on these computers. Thank God for my touch-typing skills, which allow me to look up at the professor blabbing away and smile stupidly whilst blogging ;)

This weekend I hope to finally explore the huge markets near our area which happen on Tuesday and Saturday mornings, and wake up in time for mass in the Duomo on Sunday (12:30).

And that is all for now, ciao ciao!