So It's Been A Crazy 5 Days....

I don't really know where to begin. My travels to Florence were very easy. Not one flight was delayed nor any baggage lost. I started my trip out right. My program brought me to my housing immediately, which exceeded my expectations. I was in shock of my apartment. I am literally a block and a half away from Il Duomo and I am right in the city's center. My apartment is huge. There are 3 bedrooms (for 5 girls) a large living and dining room, medium sized kitchen, and two terraces. We are on the highest floor so we can look out on to the rooftops of all of the appartaments around us. It's incredible.

The girls in my apartment are really nice. My roommate is from Purdue and we are very similar. Two of them are from Trinity in Texas, and the other is from Arcadia. I was really lucky to have such great roommates.

So the second two days consisted of orientation at school, and getting acclimated around the city. We walk everywhere, I swear one day we walked more than 8 miles just going around the city. (Mom thank you for those amazing boots they have saved my life!) I really like my school because it is actually an Italian school, with Italian students and other international students. I think that is better than only being with Americans.

The back end of the second day we went to this vineyard about 45 minutes away called Tenuto Il Corno and we did wine tasting and had a few amazing meals. We saw where they made the wine and how. They also make olive oil, and have a hobby of making white wine. The family who owns the property acquired it in 1912 from the family that were rivals with the famous Medici family. (I'll find the name later.) The matriarch, Maria Giulia, was very knowledgable pretty much on everything. I loved her. She taught us a lot about wine and food, and how to handle ourselves in the city.

I came back yesterday and K and I had a few of our friends over for dinner, which we made ourselves, and then we went out to a club. Now that is culture shock haha. It was very different from what I expected. It was fun but really expensive.


I actually have been using my Italian which I was shocked about. I think if I continue using it all the time I might actually become fluent.


The only bad thing is that I haven't gotten better yet from my sickness from Christmas break. I wake up not feeling good everyday. But I'll be able to get more sleep now, I think, maybe that will help.


I'm sorry for everyone I haven't been able to talk to, its been crazy. I'll get better.


I need to go get a cappucino, so ciao for now!