#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// #define int long long // intで書いたけど心配なときにlong longに変換する
struct Fast {Fast(){std::cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);}} fast;

/* short */
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define mp make_pair
#define Fi first
#define Se second
#define ALL(v) begin(v), end(v)
#define RALL(v) rbegin(v), rend(v)
#define X real()
#define Y imag()

/* REPmacro */
#define REPS(i, a, n) for (ll i = (a); i < (ll)(n); ++i)
#define REP(i, n) REPS(i, 0, n)
#define RREP(i, n) REPS(i, 1, n + 1)
#define DEPS(i, a, n) for (ll i = (a); i >= (ll)(n); --i)
#define DEP(i, n) DEPS(i, n, 0)
#define EACH(i, n) for (auto&& i : n)

/* debug */
#define debug(x) cerr << x << " " << "(L:" << __LINE__ << ")" << '\n';

/* alias */
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vvi = vector<vi>;
using vvvi = vector<vvi>;
using pii = pair<int, int>;
using D = double;
using P = complex<D>;
using vs = vector<string>;
template <typename T> using PQ = priority_queue<T>;
template <typename T> using minPQ = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;

/* const */
const int INF = 1001001001;
const ll LINF = 1001001001001001001ll;
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
const D EPS = 1e-9;
const int dx[] = {0, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1}, dy[] = {1, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 1};

/* func */
inline bool inside(int y, int x, int H, int W) {return y >= 0 && x >= 0 && y < H && x < W;}
inline int in() {int x; cin >> x; return x;}
inline ll IN() {ll x; cin >> x; return x;}
inline vs split(const string& t, char c) {vs v; stringstream s(t); string b; while(getline(s, b, c)) v.eb(b); return v;}
template <typename T> inline bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) {if (a > b) a = b; return a > b;}
template <typename T> inline bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) {if (a < b) a = b; return a < b;}
template <typename T, typename S> inline void print(const pair<T, S>& p) {cout << p.first << " " << p.second << endl;}
template <typename T> inline void print(const T& x) {cout << x << '\n';}
template <typename T, typename S> inline void print(const vector<pair<T, S>>& v) {for (auto&& p : v) print(p);}
template <typename T> inline void print(const vector<T>& v, string s = " ") {REP(i, v.size()) cout << v[i] << (i != (ll)v.size() - 1 ? s : "\n");}

template< typename T >
struct edge {
  int src, to;
  T cost;

  edge(int to, T cost) : src(-1), to(to), cost(cost) {}

  edge(int src, int to, T cost) : src(src), to(to), cost(cost) {}

  edge &operator=(const int &x) {
    to = x;
    return *this;
  }

  operator int() const { return to; }
};

template< typename T >
using Edges = vector< edge< T > >;
template< typename T >
using WeightedGraph = vector< Edges< T > >;
using UnWeightedGraph = vector< vector< int > >;
template< typename T >
using Matrix = vector< vector< T > >;

template< typename T >
vector< T > dijkstra(WeightedGraph< T > &g, int s) {
  const auto INF = numeric_limits< T >::max();
  vector< T > dist(g.size(), INF);

  using Pi = pair< T, int >;
  priority_queue< Pi, vector< Pi >, greater< Pi > > que;
  dist[s] = 0;
  que.emplace(dist[s], s);
  while(!que.empty()) {
    T cost;
    int idx;
    tie(cost, idx) = que.top();
    que.pop();
    if(dist[idx] < cost) continue;
    for(auto &e : g[idx]) {
      auto next_cost = cost + e.cost;
      if(dist[e.to] <= next_cost) continue;
      dist[e.to] = next_cost;
      que.emplace(dist[e.to], e.to);
    }
  }
  return dist;
}

#define WHITE '.'
#define BLACK '#'

struct Pt{
    int h;
    int w;
};

Pt p2hw(int p, int H, int W) {
    Pt hw = {p/W, p%W};
    return hw;
}

int hw2p(Pt hw, int H, int W) {
    return hw.h*W + hw.w;
}

int hw2p(int h, int w, int H, int W) {
    return h*W + w;
}

signed main() {
    int H, W;
    cin >> H >> W;
    vs s(100); REP(i, H) cin >> s[i];

    WeightedGraph<int> g(2*H*W);
    REP(h, H) REP(w, W-1) {
        if(s[h][w] == WHITE && s[h][w+1] == BLACK) {
            g[hw2p(h,w,H,W)].emplace_back(hw2p(h,w+1,H,W),1);
        } else {
            g[hw2p(h,w,H,W)].emplace_back(hw2p(h,w+1,H,W),0);
        }
    }
    REP(w, W) REP(h, H-1) {
        if(s[h][w] == WHITE && s[h+1][w] == BLACK) {
            g[hw2p(h,w,H,W)].emplace_back(hw2p(h+1,w,H,W),1);
        } else {
            g[hw2p(h,w,H,W)].emplace_back(hw2p(h+1,w,H,W),0);
        }
    }
    vector<int> dist = dijkstra(g, 0);
    if (s[0][0] == BLACK) {
        print(dist[hw2p(H-1, W-1, H, W)]+1);
    } else {
        print(dist[hw2p(H-1, W-1, H, W)]);
    }

    return 0;
}

// https://github.com/kurokoji/.cpp-Template/wiki テンプレートについて
// http://www.creativ.xyz/dump-cpp-652 dump()について
// https://gist.github.com/rigibun/7905920 色々


Measured memory_bytes: 1152