Day 1- Monday

This morning I arrived in Bologna! Our flight landed at 11:30 and all our luggage was luckily there. We grabbed a taxi and loaded all of our luggage in an started our drive to Hotel Holiday, Via Bertiera 13. We did not talk to our driver, but I took tons of pictures along the way. Then we checked in- lobby is really small. We asked for a room together and took the tiny elevator one at a time up to our room. It is really small, but very cute Italian windows to a tiny opening in the building. We put our stuff down and had a minute in our room. We then went down and had a meeting with Daniella and Marina- in Italian of course, a little intro to the hotel and the schedule for the next couple of days. We headed back up to our room and wanted to take a quick nap before heading out. It was a beautiful day, about 32 degrees and very sunny- perfect for exploring the city, but... we didn't feel like waking up when our alarm went off and ended up sleeping until 5:30 pm- we wouldn't have lasted long on our walk. We are now downstairs in the little eating area with free wifi. I skyped my brother on his lunch hour and checked my facebook. We are now planning on going out to find dinner at the Piazza Maggiore. Italian is spoken all around.. with some English, meeting the other BCSP students. We are discussing finding phones and going to dinner, all on our laptops in the eating area. Va bene, Lauren and I should maybe change and head out. 

Ciao for now!