Dolce Perugia !

On Saturday night I arrived in Perugia which will be my home for the next month. The city is located east just between Roma and Florence. It's a two hours train journey from Florence.
Websites: http://www.perugia-info.com/ http://www.perugiaonline.com/

So as you might already know I took a night train from Zurich to Florence, that was intense.. Hehe! I decided to have a a drink or two before taking the train so I would easier sleep, turned out that was a good choice! It was noise and crowded and... YES, you can probably imagine your self! Hehe! I had a few hours sleep that night and arrived early morning in Florence. In the evening I headed for Perugia and spent the first night in a hostel. The view from my dorm was breathtaking and I fell in love within a second! Everybody should go to Perugia at least once! The next morning I called my landlady and I'm now all arranged in my apartment. It's me and two girls from Germany and Serbia. We are getting along just fine and I feel it's going to be a fun four weeks! Tomorrow I have my first class in Italian, I am excited to see how this will all works out... I don't feel like I'm "on top of things" but I staying positive until the very end :D Hopefully not a bitter end....! Actually, today I ordered all my food in Italian so there is hope!


This is my student ID-card so Gro Arnesen Nyhus is officially a student again now! (I know one dad in Norway who is happy to read that :P) At last for a couple of weeks that is. Hehe! After a brief chat with a Italian teacher today I got my schedule, school in Tuesday to Friday every week. 9 AM tomorrow is the first class. Non ho capito will probably be my first words... Meaning, I don't understand! Wish me good luck!?

Now I have to go! Dinner is next, and I have the fridge full of delicious Italian food that I'm going to cook :)

It' a slow start for everything this year...

So, as I have already told you I'm in Switzerland, or actually WAS is more correct! Yesterday evening about 10PM ish I hopped on the train to Italy. Walking up in Fiorenze is not to bad I guess <:D Today I'm exploring the city. I had a date with David just a couple of hours ago, he's not a shy guy! What more? Piazza del Duomo(pretty church at least from the outside), Ponte Vecchio(special bridge), Marcato Centrale(amazing food marked). I have seen some other stuff as well when I decided to walk around without map but since I got lost I don't know the names :) Hehe!

I have a thousand nice things to tell all of you about Switzerland as well but that is not going to happen now.

Oh! Important travel information: I'm going to a town called Perugia, between Florence and Rome where I plan to stay for a hole month. Why? I'm attending a language course studying Italian:) Si, Si!

Arrivederci!

Better late than never !?

I wanted to find time to start writing again before departure but that never happened :) Instead I'm telling you now that me and my backpack and sexy ass Acer computer is now cruising around in Europe, final destination is Perugia, Italy, 1th of February. There I'm attending a one month language course to try and pick up some basic knowledge... Time will show :) This is as far as my plan goes for now but at some point I will write about further plans!

So! Now I'm in Switzerland for 3-4 days. I have a friend here called Renato, for those of you that remember this is the guy I meet in Monterey and went to the aquarium with :) Today we got up really early to do some sightseeing, first Zurich then Bern. I'm only giving you two words here efficiency and systematic :) After a loooong day of sights I'm now stuffed, on the coach,from fondue and pineapple.

Lets not get ahead of our self here and give to much information away:) That's why I'm stopping now and saving some for another time...

It's the final count down! (for now at least...)

So, this is a sad one but I am still very excited!

For those of you how can't see why lets make this perfectly clear:
Sad part: The trip is over for now and I have to buy way more expensive alcohol.... hehe !

Happy part: I'm going back out in January (just so you know Fredrik.. hehe! ) AND I get to see all of my family and my Norwegian friends! HAPPY :D

To all the amazing people I have meet, who have fed me and given me their sofa, toothpaste or shampoo. You who gave me advice, good times and alcohol. Gave away a clean towel, lent me the washing machine, smiled or added me on facebook, Thank you so much for a wonderful time!

My door is always open in Norway, though you have to hurry if you want to catch me before I go back out :) Please, keep in touch.

Tomorrow I start the journey back to Scandinavia, (next to Norway... hehe!). My flight leaves San Francisco Tuesday 2th 12.30 (pm) and I will arrive in Norway 13.30(1:30 pm).

Hopefully I will make one or two notes on the blog during my stay in Norway but I can't promise anything.

By the way, I would appreciate very much if you just took a minute to leave your name on the blog, it's just really nice for me to have for later. Just make a comment on this supplication with your name, you don't have to write anything if you don't want to!