The day has finally come... I made it to Genoa!

I'm still trying to figure out what time zone I'm in, what day of the week it is, and how to communicate with someone who has absolutely no idea what i'm trying to say, but i have finally reached the long anticipated arrival to Genoa. I think these problems will be solved within a couple of days though, since I plan to get in bed at a reasonable hour (Genoa time) tonight and get up and enjoy my day tomorrow, hopefully avoiding any jet lag. Our Italian class also starts tomorrow, so I should begin to be able to communicate with the locals.
After a fairly long flight considering that I wasn't feeling my best and the two passengers next to me were being extremely immature and constantly kicking the seats in front of them, we finally arrived in Munich. I can't tell you how happy I was to finally get there. The hard part was over. And to make matters even better, it was 25 degrees and snowing in Munich. So, what did we do, being crazy college students from South Carolina who barely ever see snow? We had to make an escape from the airport before we went through security to get our hands on some of that beautiful white stuff.
Then, it was off to Genoa on a tiny little plane (mom, i'm glad you didn't know this before i left).
But regardless of the size of the plane, that was a very enjoyable trip, knowing that you've almost arrived to your destination and then being able to take in many beautiful scenes throughout the trip. We flew right over the Alps which was absolutely gorgeous. The few pictures that I have don't even begin to describe how beautiful they were. Then as we got closer and closer to the airport, the view was absolutely amazing! On one side was the Mediterranean Sea and on the other was the city of Genoa with a picturesque mountain view in the backgroud.
The drive through the villa, I'm not going to lie, was slightly terrifying. Italian driving is CRAZY. There are cars going every direction with barely any room to pass each other. And let me just say, from experience later in the day, they have absolutely no regard for pedestrians.
Arriving at the villa was a strange feeling, knowing that this is your home for the next four months. We were recieved with a warm welcome. And took our crazy heavy luggage up four flights of stairs to our rooms. The room is now all moved in with our own personal touch. Pictures will be coming soon I promise.
But honestly, we didn't spend too much time in the villa today. We set out to explore right away, of course hitting up the area with some of Genoa's best shopping. Wow, i know i mentioned the talk of stairs in my earlier post, but this is for real. The walk down to the main part of the city seemed like no problem, but we basically hiked up a mountain using nothing but stairs on the way back. It was intense to say the least. I guess we'll get conditioned to that soon.
Now, it's off to bed. I need to get some sleep to get up bright and early to set out exploring again tomorrow before Italian lessons.
Arrivederci