live as the romans do

as per italian rule, no one is allowed to know who their roommates are OR where they are living until they arrive. needless to say, when i arrived as the last person in a 9 man i was shocked. there are three doubles, and then i am in a triple (my part of the room top left, roommates side of room bottom left). for the 9 of us, there are two bathrooms, two showers, a full kitchen (top right), a dining room table (bottom right), couches (also bottom right), and a ton of storage space. in my room, there are 6 (yes, six) girls that go to rutgers (all of them from new jersey... obviously)
plus me, that
makes 7 jersey kids
haha and the last two are from
minnesota and philly! despite the fact that i have been awake for 33 out of the last 36 hours, i feel like time has flown by. i had some actual italian pizza and gelato (nutella flavored) which was absolutely awesome! the biggest problem is that i have no idea where i am going, but since practically everyone got here yesterday, i have had plenty of tour guides. it is really amazing how small of a world it is, which has made me feel more comfortable very quickly... just since ive been here i met a kid who goes to mendham and northeastern and i also met a girl that has a shore house on the same street as me in LBI. a lot of people are going to explore tonight but since they have already been able to get past the jetlag i think i am just going to stay in and get comfortable here for a little bit! ALSO, i have wifi in my dorm!! so i can receive messages whenever i am here! enjoy the pictures!

next stop: rome

i made it (barely) to montreal! i sat in the evacuation seat which was all well and good, except for the fact that my role was explained to me in french. luckily i was in that seat otherwise my luggage would not have fit... first world problems. time to catch dinner and a movie on my laptop before i try out zzzquil and pass out on my flight to rome in an effort to beat jet-lag....
 p.s. this is upsetting

first stop: montreal

one of the joys of flying air canada, apart from seeing maple leaves EVERYWHERE, is that you also get stop overs in canada! in order to be on the safe side (as i learned by almost missing my flight to florida in january) we got to the airport extremely early which allowed me to watch kicking and screaming almost entirely. it was really nice when i remembered that the focus of the movie were the two italian kids, so i feel like it was a fitting choice. on the note of technolgy, i also feel the need to use my iphone excessively before i switch to the brick phone... with that, i continue on to canada... t-11 hours till rome!!

the business of leaving

AHHHHHH. let me just get out of the way the three most asked questions I have gotten lately:

1. I do not speak any italian (apart from the words I learned on the "learn italian" app I downloaded)
2. I do not know any one else going with me, although I do know people in various reasons of europe
3. I am allowed to bring ONE checked bag (which is only .1 pounds over currently) and a carry on, a personal item, and a small purse

now that I got that out of the way, another PSA: I will be leaving tomorrow at 4:05 which means that my cell phone will not work (except for imessages) until december, and I will have an international phone but save your money, message me on facebook.

on a lighter note, here's an excerpt of my plane playlist which i have been working on pretty hard:

marilyn monroe- nicki minaj
dirt road communion- chase rice
remember when (push remind)- chris wallace
va va voom- nicki minaj
get your shine on- florida georgia line
all night longer- sammy adams
too good too be true- edens edge
crying on a suitcase- casey james
automatic- nicki minaj
let it roll- flo rida
cowboys and angels- dustin lynch
feel again- one republic

I am going to try to post every other day from now (wifi permitting). UNTIL TOMORROW!!!

p.s. this is where i am living... starting tomorrow... well, thursday based on the time difference

pre-departure

So.  I take off August 29th and I come back December 14th.  Hopefully this is somewhat enjoyable for you all to read, feel free to message me with your address so I can send post cards or feel free to ask for mine... my skype name is kelly.kren and I should be able to use facetime.

I leave you with something to look forward to...