"Ciao! lo sono Rachael, sono Americana. Sono di Richmond, Virginia." "E tu di dove sei?" First week of classes

For our first set of classes we have Consumer Behavior on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30-12:30 and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00-4:00.  Our school, is called Università della Svizzera italiana. 

 It takes about 25-30 minutes to walk there everyday but the views are amazing.  

The walk there is not bad because it’s all downhill, but that makes the walk home ENTIRELY uphill.  By the time we all get to the top of the hill across from the Montarina everyone is always unzipping jackets and breathing heavily.  If I’ve learned anything about this town it’s that I’m going to walk up a huge hill anywhere I go and Nutella grows on trees. Seriously, people here LOVE Nutella.   Anyways, we have Italian on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9:00-12:00.  In consumer behavior we cover about a chapter a day and have a quiz, project, or test everyday.  It might be a little hard to keep up with but I think by covering the material almost everyday it shouldn’t be too bad.   Italian class sure was a wakeup call.  Our instructor is really sweet but she moves quickly.  We learned a lot in our first week but I’m going to try reaaaally hard to keep up so that I can communicate and understand a little better outside of class.