Finalmente sono arrivata in Italia!

Ciao tutti!
I finally got to Bologna (on Saturday) and these last two days have been quite full! But first the story of how I got here...
First of all, my mom my dad, Ross, Griffin and I were sort of worried about getting to the airport in time and about my flight even leaving on time, but we got there with plenty of time to spare. Then about 3 minutes after getting in line at the Iberia counter, a lady stood up on the counter and announced that the flight was cancelled due to the weather in Spain, apparently they had two inches of snow. So then they rebooked me on an American Airlines flight to Frankfurt and a Lufthansa flight to Bologna. But, that would have been too easy. Our flight was delayed out of O'Hare because we had to wait for another delayed flight to arrive since there were 50 people who needed to catch our flight. We arrived in Frankfurt an hour after my connecting flight left. Then the American Airlines representative that met us when we got off that flight in Frankfurt told me to take my "flight interuption manifest" to the Lufthansa counter and they would rebook me. No problem, right? No, it took a half hour to figure out what was going on. but they finally rebooked me and I got to Bologna!
Now I'm trying to keep up with the Italian. The first couple days were really hard, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of listening and knowing what's going on. I'm trying to do my best with speaking, but I am so glad I arrived here early. I feel like I'm at least one step ahead of the other people in the program who arrived today.
My friend Kelly has been here for a few weeks and she and her friend Simona (who is an italian living in Bologna) met me at the train station. We stayed at Simona's apartment for 2 nights and she her roommates were so great, I can't wait to spend more time with them. They are so patient and helpful with speaking and listening and with helping us look for apartments.
This will have to be all for now, but I will do a more detailed update very soon! We start our actual program domani (tomorrow) and so I will tell everyone all about that!
Ciao!