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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Welcome to Rome from Manka - First week highlights

Highlights for this week -

Tomorrow, we will have Sheryl's orientation to UWRC at 10 and then at 11, right after, Stephanie Love will take you on a tour around the Campo. She will introduce and help you with all the basic how tos - charging money on the phones, how to buy groceries etc. I will be seeing you all at Sheryl's orientation at 10.

We will have our first class in the seminar room on the 1st floor - our classroom for the rest of the quarter - at 10 a.m. on Thursday for 2 hours. We will be introducing us to each other and getting to know each other better, and introducing the class and readings to each other. We will not be having our group dinner that night (we thought with jet lag it wouldn't be a good idea) but on Sunday.

On Friday, we will meet at 4 p.m. in our classroom - we will have Arci Gay - a gay rights group - come and talk to us about their work.

On Sunday morning we will meet at 8 in front of the door at the Rome Center to go to Porta Portese - the flea market. We should go early because that is when the best stuff is available. That night we will meet for dinner at 8 at Grappolo D'Oro ( a restaurant near us ).

Please call me if you need anything - 338 438 6084 - do get some sleep!

Cheers,

Manka