I'm supposed to be doing homework right now, but I am having a hard time concentrating. I figured I should probably take a break. Today is really cold! I only brought one jacket and it is so cold. The TV only tells the weather in Celsius so all I know is that it is 8 degrees outside. My host mom brought me out another blanket and I still had the hardest time sleeping. I am hoping that it doesnt get too cold, and that it doesnt snow over here. ( I am pretty sure it doesn't)
So I have been missing America pretty bad. I miss just knowing what a bottle of Shampoo is ( or if it even is shampoo), having things actually cost what they say, and being able to have a normal conversation with someone. I was on the bus the other day and heard people speaking English, so I came up to them and told them thankyou for speaking English and that I was so happy to see someone else from America. I think they thought I was crazy. Speaking of Crazy...there are a lot of really crazy people here. Its hard to tell who is drunk and who is mentally insane. There is this one guy here that runs up and down the bus station everyday. I never see him anywhere else. He wears these huge bell bottoms and he just walks up and down the area with his cigarette looking at everyone. There is this other guy that I think is schizophrenic. He just starts mumbling and then will point at things telling the "person" that he doesnt want what they are offering him. I feel really bad for him, but I tried smiling at him once and he stared at me with this really creepy face the entire bus ride. I decided its a better idea just not to talk to him. Other than the drunk/mentally insane people, everyone is pretty nice. They either like you, or hate you. I've noticed that. If they know you are american they either treat you nicer than everyone else or treat you really badly. Most of the time I don't think people can tell im American except when I start talking. What I have noticed about the families here are really interesting. A family of 3 is huge. You never see the parents taking care of their kids. The kids are always with really older people. I think that the grandparents take care of the kids for the parents. I am not sure. I also have noticed that there aren't a lot of "kids" here. Once they turn like 6 or something, they act like adults. They dress the same and act really old. There are a lot of younger girls in some skimpy outfits, smoke and wear a ton of makeup. Its really sad. It's the same with the boys. They dress older and you can tell that they drink. Being a teen is the time to go crazy. I think people just expect that here. I'm so glad that I don't believe that. Phew, it is such a relief. It's sad to watch people here. I think my host mom thinks I am really religious. She laughs that we go to church every sunday, and she doesnt get why we don't go out at nights, or why we don't drink. Whenever we meet someone, the first thing she tells them is that we don't have coffee or tea, and she will start laughing. She thinks we are pretty weird I can tell. She must have had some pretty crazy host kids before us. There are a TON of students here. Some from Asia, Britian, Scotland, or America or Italy. They pretty much come from anywhere. There are a million colleges up here. The main one is the University of Siena, but then they have a bunch of little ones. There are a lot of younger kids, like in their 17s or 18s and they are everywhere. It's crazy. I wonder what it would be like to grow up in an area that had so many tourists. I don't think i would like it.
Anyways,I better get back to work. Ciao
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