Monday June 6

Today was our first full day of classes. We had Italian at 8:30 for two hours. Once we jumped in, even though we were all still sleepy, the time flew. Then we had opera lab from 10:30 until 12:30. The way that all works is during that time, 4 people will leave at a time to go to a lesson or rehearsal. Then we had lunch from 12:30 until 2, which I used to get money and get passport pictures. I know I got ripped off though because I had to pay €12 and I found out later that my friends who went to the same place only had to pay €5. I was already ticked that they didn't tell us ahead of time to have passport pictures, but then to have had to pay €12 for them! Grrr..... The, on top of that, all of our group tours were supposed to be covered with the program cost, but they sprung it on us here that the tour of Pitti Palace and the Baboli Gardens isn't going to be covered because 'they didn't want to make the decision for us which tour cost to do.' There is a range of tour options from €5 to €15, but they recommend the €7. My opinion is that that's a pretty lame excuse. If there was any doubt about it, they should've gone with the more extensive tour. We're not here that often! But, what can you do? Anyway. After classes, Rebecca, Dru and I started to head back to the apartment when we walked through the same area where the American boys hit on me. As we were walking down that street, two Italian men were standing outside of a shop and one of them asked me how tall I am. Well, I was wearing heels, so I asked with or without shoes and he said 'without' So I told him that I'm 5'10". Then he said "I'm looking for a wife." And I said "I'm not looking for a husband!" Then he continued to plead with me as I walked away. It was so unexpected, it blew my mind. Anyway. On that note, it's time for bed. I'm very sleepy. Buona Notte! Ciao!