Chapter Two: Natalie is actually on time!

Day two of classes started out just as any other school day would begin. I woke up my typical hour and a half before I had to leave and spent about 30 min laying in bed trying to stay warm. Here is the thing about Florence, they don't produce energy, they buy it from elsewhere. And as a consequence of this particular situation the Florentine law states that households can only have the heater on for 8 hours a day. They split it up between morning afternoon and night. So as you can imagine in late January in a top floor apartment where the heater is only on for a few hours a night, the nights can get pretty freaking cold. Hence my morning delema of not wanting to get out of bed. Literally every night I have slept in my super warm Wabash sweatshirt. And every morning I have a little race with myself seeing how fast I can put my clothes on.

My first class on Tuesdays isn't until noon which I am proud to report that I made it on time to this class, and it was all the way across the city. I did however forget to eat this morning but to my delight in my cooking class we talked for a while about Italian meat and cheese and then we got to sample some. Which, if I do say so myself was delicious!

This next part is for my mother because I know she would love this little bit of information. We talked for a while about a certain type of Salami called Finocchiona or Tuscan Fennel Salami. The Italian word for Fennel comes from a phrase meaning to tell something that isn't true. And the salami came about when butchers used to stuff bad meat with Fennel to make it taste better and to pass it off as better meat. Interesting right? Well that was pretty much my cooking class. I think I am really going to enjoy it. Next I had a European literature class which after being in for 5 minutes I decided to drop. Our first assignment was to read and write a detailed analysis of Animal Farm. NO thank you!

And now I am sitting in my apartment typing this blog before I have to go to my Italian class, which I am pretty excited for.

Love from Italia,
Natalie