A little case of culture shock

Ok so this is going to be short, Im on a computer at the Lorenzo deMedici school bc i cant get internet on mine.  Wow.  NOBODY speaks english here.  ive met like 3 people that have and it is very limited.  except for the administrators ive met at the school, of course.  we are like the only american here right now except for some group from bentley which is leaving in a couple of days.  ok so imagine one of those paintings you see in italian restaurants and stuff of orange rustic buildings on narrow cobblestone streets with flower beds outside their balconies and windows and tiny european cars all alone a tuscany looking hillside.  this is tuscania.  oh my god.  theres a castle, a bunch of old churches and fountains.  very hilly town too.  red wine with every meal.. One italian custom that i really do NOT like, is that every store and restaurant is closed between 1 and 4/5 pm.  for "siesta".  it is sooo inconvenient because that is when usually i go to lunch or go shopping or when i am out and about.  but anyways. went to see the apartment i will be staying in the semester.  its a tiny house in the front corner of a big gated yard of this huge house (that has a pool!!) and it is only one room, with a curtain separating the beds from the kitchen/living room.  and then a bathroom.  then from the yard is an AMAZING view of the hillsides and the town and a lake off in the distance.  beautiful.  there are like 20 kittens out in the yard too (yesss).  the school told me today that there are only 2 people in my advanced italian class (including me) and then an average of 5 people in each class.  with that and the fact that nobody in the town speaks english, hopefully ill be fluent by the end of the semester...well see.  gotta goo, will post pictures on my next one! ciao tutti