#include"iostream"
//#include"malloc.h"
using namespace std;
int main() {
int n;
cin >> n;
int* a = new int[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> a[i];
}
int num = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < n-1; i++) {
if (a[i + 1] != a[i])
num++;
}
cout << num;
return 0;
}