The Hunt

Ciao, tutti!
I am a few days into the hunt now, and have seen around 6-7 apartments. Some have been small, some have been big, and all have been expensive. Below are various photos of apartments I have seen (Each apartment visit begins with "Ti dispiace se io prendo qualche foto?" ["Do you mind if I take some pictures?"]):

The bathroom in a huge apartment on Via dei Mille, one of Bologna's main streets, in the northwest of the city

The kitchen of a smaller apartement fuori le mure (just outside the city wall). The place was small but the roommates were awesome.

A single I looked at downtown, pretty far from the University area. The roommates loved me, but they are a bit older (late 20s, early 30s) and smoke very heavily throughout the apartment.

Making calls and visits has been fairly exhausting, but it's provided a great opportunity to practice my Italian and get to know the city really well.

Right now the front-runners are a large apartment on Via dell'Indipendenza (the Broadway of Bologna) and a smaller one just outside the city walls:

• The one on Indipendenza is really large, home to a dog, and the roommates are an Italian student, an exchange student from Spain, and an Italian woman in her mid-20s that works.

• The one outside the city walls is tiny, but I would have a single. The only reason I am still considering this apartments is because of the roommates: they are 4 Italian girls, all in their early 20s, and they are awesome. Whether or not I end up taking this apartment, I hope we become friends!

Since I have seen so many places, it's likely that I'll find out either today or tomorrow where I am going to end up, and will post as soon as I know where I am living!

A presto!