Today was our first lesson day, but first up was registration at the Ferrara University. As usual, it would take a very long time before we finally got registered. I found it weird that our tuition fee, after we semi-registered, had to be paid at a bank and then had to go back to finally get enrolled. It took us three hours in total.

The university and hospital weren’t that impressive, I’m afraid. I guess we’re used to the luxury of Maastricht University. It was a half assed park due to the old buildings. After finding our way to the main room and the introductions of our new Italian tutors, we started with the discussion of the cases. Unfortunately, no Italian students are among us right now due to the fact that they have exams in June and July (what a disappointment!). The discussion wasn’t different from the ones in Maastricht, apart from the fact that they were in English now. The case wasn’t too specific either and therefore not very interesting.

The one time that friend Jeroen decides to eat an apple, he loses his iron thingy from his teeth (picture). Yikes, but apparently nothing to worry about.

We all decided, after a long day, to go out and eat pizza with everyone. Our initial idea was to eat at the so called Pizza boat but it was closed (on a Tuesday?) so we had to look for another option. A kind woman led us to a place where she’d always get her pizzas from and with enough space for twenty people. The pizzas were delicious, but the owner (or one of his co-workers, actually) tried to rip us off! It was actually really funny to see because we were (obviously) very stubborn and wouldn’t pay what they asked (in total, it was about €100,- too much). That’s where our Dutch greed came into play, but we had the right to do so anyway. Eventually, they gave in and asked for the right price (kind of). We even gave them a huge tip of fifteen Euros! I thought they didn’t deserved it but oh well, some hadn’t paid yet while the amount was reached and wanted to.

Something I forgot to tell on the fourth day (Rent-a-bike):

Jeroen found these enormous, gross cocoons in his curtains. I don’t mind insects but that really freaked me out. I don’t know what they were, but it seemed like they were moths or something. Could be spiders too though, because we shoved them with a broom and when they broke, we saw these little dead insect bodies…Ugh.

And last but not least: Jeroen said he wanted to eat the sun so…