
program ContaSegmentos;
var n, anterior, atual, cont, i : Integer;
begin
readLn(n);
readLn(anterior);
cont:=1;
for i:=2 to n do
begin
readLn(atual);
if atual <> anterior
then begin
cont:= cont+1;
anterior:=atual
end
end;
writeLn(cont)
end.