It's cold! In Italy the weather will never get below 30 degrees F. In fact, it will start at around 35 and work its way to 70 by the begining of April leaving me with an extra month of summer next year! I have my class assignments for the spring semester at the villa. I will be enrolled in the mandatory 16 credit load required for the program. These credits are made up of four classes that include Introductory Italian, Writing in Italy, The Anthropology of...

Hey Everyone! I downloaded SKYPE. Skype is an internet communication tool that allows me to have free, or cheap, telephone conversations through my computer. As long as you have a microphone and speakers on your computer, you can download skype, and we can talk while I am abroad. I know this really sounds like I'm selling :) but that's because I am. If you go to www.skype.com you can download it for free. It is set up similar to Messenger, iChat, and AIM....