https://crystal.castle.cc/tag/daily-life/ Recent content in Daily Life on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Tue, 25 May 2010 11:00:10 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2010/05/25/lappartamento/ Tue, 25 May 2010 11:00:10 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2010/05/25/lappartamento/ <p><em>Home is where the heart is, so your real home&#8217;s in your chest!</em> -Captain Hammer</p> <p>Unlike Cornell, which barrages you with information every other day about freshman orientation, the University of Gastronomic Sciences is a bit more laidback. To get information, you really have to be proactive and seek it out, which is fine because the administration staff is very responsive. In an email I exchanged before arriving in Italy, I was told that the flat would come furnished with desks, beds, blankets, a TV and a kitchen with pots and pans. Oh boy, a cable TV? I don&#8217;t even have one of those at home!</p>