"You play soccer like an American."

10:55 PM, GMT+1

Eric tutored me for like an hour on the uses of c'e, ci sono, e, and sono. It was a long and very
confusing lezione. However, we got to talking about calcio, and apparently, I already have a reputation for being "aggressive". What that means, I guess, is that I play ugly soccer, and more importantly, I play like an American. I asked Manuel at dinner if he'd show me how to play like an Italian, and he just laughed. "When Americans come here and try to play, they are generally very fit. But they have no technical skill. You have more than most of them did."

I took that to mean that I have a lot to work on, because the next time they won't be so nice to me.

Got to use the gym for the first time today, too. It was exciting. I've never been in a gym all by myself. But I had issues converting kilos to pounds. The whole time I was lifting I was trying to run quick numbers in my head. In the end I just gave up and lifted whatever I felt like putting on the bar.

We went to get some free food with the girls after dinner tonight. Not much to tell- "international night" apparently involved plenty of free food.

Oh, and the late-night doorman knows my name and my room number already.