It has been three days since my imprisonment...

What happens in Italy when there is a large rainstorm? The internet goes out. What happens to a palazzo full of American women when the internet goes out for three days? They go a little crazy. It's actually quite funny to see how all of us have reacted to this lack of internet access. We have devised quite ridiculous ways to try and gain it from a different source: from placing our laptops on windowsills to holing up in faculty apartments (which I am currently doing). Yes, it means that access to facebook is limited if not impossible which is hard enough ;) but I think the real frustration is the fact that we can't do research for classes or email assignments. We have a travel break to Florence coming up this weekend and many places need a reservation in order to get in. Heaven forbid we pick up a phone and call. As for me, I wanted to check the news and just keep in touch. For now, we will suffer through but I'm not sure how long some of us can hold out...