Paderno del Grappa!

Ciao Friends!

Today I had a lovely European style breakfast at Hotel Piave after stalking the internet at 4 am Italy time and left for the lovely Paderno del Grappa campus of the Instituto del Filippin which is the catholic university I will be staying at near Mount Grappa.  The ride on the bus from Venice-Marco Polo airport took us about an hour and half which wasn't too bad and it was extremely scenic.  Once we arrived on campus I met a few new students and my roommate Megan who happens to go to the University of Georgia!  I got my class schedule and free time schedule which is filled with random activities and lots of trips to areas in the region for us to explore.  Apparently you can go hang-gliding! I think I might have to even though I may freak out haha.  I got settled in my dorm room which has a beautiful view of the mountains and everything else around campus.  There is a bar right around the corner where most of the students hang out which I have already ventured to.  You can get wine on draft for 8 Euro a pitcher!  Tomorrow I have my first class at 8 am I'm not looking forward to waking up that early but then again I can't sleep much yet anyway so it makes no real difference.  While at the bar I met Delta Sigma Pi brothers from the University of Iowa!  That made my day haha!  So far so good with everything!  Enjoy the pictures along with everything else!  Until Tomorrow! Ciao!

the mountains on the way to the Instituto del Filippin

The entrance to the university!

more pictures of the mountains on the way to campus

this is the view from my room to the entrance of the campus (below)

this is another one of the dorms/classroom buildings that is across from my dorm (below)

the other dorm where the rest of the students are housed also where the cafeteria is (below)a picture of the mountains in the distance this is a view of the mountains from when I was walking around town

 this is where the front gate is and security this is the entrance to the classroom section of one of the dorms

a walkway on campusa side view of the Catholic church on campus and a front view below 

Above is the view downhill from campus to other towns in the area

this is where the CIMBA office is and it is also home to a dorm.