On Thursdays I only have one class in the evening, and Friday no class at all. I filled this ample amount of free time with lots of wandering, adventuring, and sitting on the steps of the Cathedral in the main Piazza Novembre where if you sit, its is commonly said in Perugia, you will see everyone you know. Everytime I do, I at least see a couple of people I know, which is saying alot since I only know about thirty people in the entire country. I took more photographs of the town, practiced Italian with friends on the steps, bought some apples, pears and carrots at open air market, and went to class for a couple of hours from 5-7, then had ravioli con zucche with white wine and red pesto sauce. So good.

Later that night my friends and I gathered at the apartment of one girl that has the most amazing view in Perugia, overlooking the city, rolling hills, little patchwork gardens on top of roofs, and the mountains in the distance. Friday was an amazing day. With no class, I did grocery shopping, switched out my SIM card which was defective, mailed some postcards, and took the minimetro with a friend to jog in the only park in Perugia.

Side note: Italians love dogs. I have never seen so many cute dogs being walked anywhere in the States. Italians are very friendly about letting you pet them too, its a way to be social. To ask if you can pet the dog you say, "permesso?" or "con permesso?" To which they answer, "Certo, si."

After the jog I went to see a showing of the Italian film at the Universita per Stranieri called Amacord by Federico Fellini. The story of an Italian family is based in Italy in the 1930's and was shown entirely in Italian, but I was able to piece together most of the colorful dramatic comedy from the great acting, thoughtful art direction and creative visual story telling. I definitely recommend seeing it!

My roomates and I had a wonderfully filling and cheap dinner at a Kabob place nearby our apartment. It was a nice break from pizza and pasta. After dinner we went to Merlin's pub and restaurant which has a really good DJ. Once the crowd at Merlin's had moved onto another late night dance spot the bartender requested salsa music and my roomates and I ended the evening with a salsa lesson from the bartender. We plan on going to the official lessons which take place every Wednesday (Mercolodi) from now on.