Things I'm going to have to get used to when I come back to America...

So while climbing the 414 steps up the duomo of Florence, Liz Michelle and I made a list of things we're going to have to get used to in America. This is that list and then some more that we've come up with since.

1. Lunch will no longer take 3 hours.

2. Breakfast will be more than just a tiny shot of coffee

3. "Bowser" will no longer mean recess but a evil dinosaur

4. "wait... is there something in my teeth? No one has said "Ciao Bella" yet and its already 10am"

5. men walking around in neon colored tights will no longer be normal

6. When I look out my window in California I'm going to feel slightly empty inside when I don't see my six creepy neighbors that watch us out their window and say "Ciao" to us every time we go into our room.

7. what's your contrada? you don't have a contrada?

8. Flat streets.

9. Getting breakfast or hanging out with a famous art historian will become a bit more far fetched

10. Old Italian men won't be trying to get me to become part of their contrada via marrying a boy from their contrada...

11. Sidewalks

12. Drivers that actually obey traffic signals

13. Jay walking will become illegal again, not the only way to cross the street.

14. Wine will no longer be served before 10am (Waiters will no longer judge me for not ordering wine with Brunch, Lunch, and Dinner)

15. It's going to feel SO quiet. If there is ever a moment here when people aren't yelling and cars aren't honking and roaring through the streets it feels quiet already, I can't even imagine how quiet Danville or Davis is going to feel.

16. People won't be staring at me all the time because I'll no longer be an outsider

17. Ti Piace Calcio?

18. On Wednesday's I won't have to wake up at a specific time so the cleaners can clean my room

19. Cleaners will no longer clean my room for me every Wednesday

20. I'm going to get alone time for the first time in three months when I get back.

21. "Hey, did you want to go to Capri this weekend or Paris? O wait..."

22. Davis doesn't have parades walking around every three hours... I haven't decided if this is a good or bad thing yet

23. English!