What do I mean by “reality,” I mean we had an entire week of orientation so not really back to the reality of school yet. This week called for many free nights and some more free time to explore Florence.
Once everyone from my class got into town, we all went out for dinner to catch up. It was definitely a weird experience at first. All of us were a little out of our comfort zone in many ways. Away from home in a new city, a foreign city, away from our friends and family, being associated as only classmates before but now roommates, it was such a change. Not having our comfortable friend groups to fall back on but being forced to become a new closer friend group, relying on each other since it is all we know right now.
In the midst of embracing our new home and life situation, some of us decided to take a relaxing beach day before classes start. It was much needed after what surprisingly was an exhausting week of orientation. Tomorrow is when the real work begins.
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