Permesso di Soggiorno, moving along.

I had the pleasure of visiting the police headquarters here in Perugia yesterday morning,
but not for reasons you are now probably thinking. No the reason is much more boring.

In order to obtain the 'permesso di soggiorno' (permit to stay), an immigrant (that's me) must visit the police station and get his/her fingerprints taken and placed on record. This is just one of the many hoops one must jump through. Not that im complaining.. (does the Italian government read foreign student blogs?). My current understanding is that after 25-31 days I will be able to obtain the date that I am able to pick up the 'permesso' after logging on to the website that was provided to me and filling out more information. Super!

On another note, one of my sweet roommates, Despoina (from Crete) moved to Milan this weekend to complete her program at the University there. We sent her on her way early Saturday morning with a box of Perugian chocolate (its the best in Italy) and a hand rendered goodbye card.

This weekend I made delicious hot chocolate for my roomates, Francesca, and a couple of my friends in the full immersion program. After brief speculation we concluded it was the best hot chocolate ever made in the history of mankind.

It included:

1 cup of Vanilla soy milk
1 big square of melted down 56% cocoa chocolate (with extra fondant)
A sprinkle of Perugian bitter cocoa powder
A pinch of salt.
*cooked on the stove.

As a result of our current inspired state, my friend Francesca and I have decided to open an Italian chocolate shop upon our return to the US. So we all have that to look forward to..

Yea!