Day 3 whithout hot water!!! 1/12

We moved into our apartment 3 days ago, and still know hot water!!!   We called the maintenance office but they cannot tell us when it is going to be fixed.  Now I understand why Europeans smell, their hot water is not working half the time! I may have gone into shock the first time I tried to shower.   My apartment is 2 BLOCKS from the Vatican!  It is a two bedroom place, with a bathroom and a kitchen.  It is much bigger than I thought it would be.  I am definitely not used to the time difference yet.  We have been staying up really late and sleeping really late also.  This will have to change when classes start!!!  The Vatican still has up the Christmas tree and also a life-sized Nativity scene.  It isn't very busy right now so we are going to try and do a tour soon.  John Cabot has set up a "Meet and Greet"  every night for us.  I have met a lot of new people.  My roommates are Emily, Lindsey and Yasemin.  They are all great!!!      The walk to school is about 15 min, but everything around is so beautiful that it doesn't seem like much at all.  I haven't done much sightseeing yet because we have been trying to find stores to buy the essentials.  You need a different store for everything.  The shops are cool but it is a little frustrating to find all the stores on our own.  Tomorrow is our orientation for school and we are hoping to do more sightseeing the next couple of days!!!