Ciao

More classes have started since I last wrote. I am beginning to pick up Italian, as it is very similar to Spanish. Days are starting to fall into routines now. USAC organized our classes so that everyone in my Italian Class is also in my building. It has been nice to ride on the bus and metro with people I now call my friends.
Anyways, for the fun part: Tuesday night we met up with one of the program directors at an outdoor club named Cacao. Approximately 3,000 people were there with us. It was a sight like I have never seen in the U.S. Cover was free, but drinks were 10 Euro, so we decided on one each. We danced for a couple hours. The songs were much different than those we dance to at home. They had many European artists, along with some from the 60s. We were all even doing the twist at one point. Interestingly, Americans dance much differently than Europeans (they are much less provocative). A few of us decided to walk home while the rest took cabs. Again it took about 1.5 hours to get back. After hanging out we all made it to bed around 6ish.
I was awoken the next day at 11 by a neighbor and for some reason couldn’t fall back asleep. Needless to say the 6 hours I spent in class were not fun. We went out for a traditional 2+ hour Italian dinner after class. There were three courses and all for only 10 Euro because we are students.
Today I had 5 more hours of class. I’m making some spaghetti for dinner then we plan to go to another club named Chalet. Sorry for the rushed message, but I just got off class and am leaving soon for the Disco. If you wrote me an e-mail I hope to find some time to respond soon. Thank you to everyone who posted a comment.

Arriverdirci

p.s. i just got back from Chalet. This is the first time I have had an internet connection. I will try and write a new blog tomorrow. Ciao.