Allora - so - Tuesday we packed the bus and the van with all like 70 suitcases and headed out on a 3 hour bus ride to florence that was supposed to be really bad for those with motion sickness, but wasnt. i slept most of the time. So we get to Florence. Have no clue where we are, get our keys on the bus, then take all the luggage off. Turns out we were in Piazza dell'Indipendenza, which is right where I live. So Kim, Cassie, Natalie and I follow one of the people that work with the school across this huge piazza and of course I'm struggling in the back with my huge bag that probably weighed more than I do and my brand new bag that had a wheel pop off...and then the guys stops. and I couldnt believe that these doors were the ones that lead to my apartment. They're huge. Mohagony - i dont know how tall they are...but definitely at least 10 feet. and theyve got big lion head door knockers. so we walk in and its like glass and theres actually an elevator. lol. but theres like paintings on the walls and ceilings and its BEAutiful! so we go up like 5 steps cuz we're like on the floor....and theres another door. and theres this really cute old man that lives across from us. and then our door. the apartment is awesome! all wood floor, excpet the kitchen which has mosaic tile stone flooring. and we have a washer - thank God! little fridge, lots of counter space, oven, stove, really nice wooden table and benches and chairs and closet. and then across the hall from that is the HUGE dining room. nice mahogany table with like 8 chairs and a hutch and a lil chair and tv in the corner. its very open. could have a nice dance party in there...still have to get a radio though.....then there is cassie and natalies rooms. its huge. they have like 2 armours and two bookshelves and these cute little bedds and a dresser....and then theres a nice bathroom at the end of the hallway and across from natalie and cassies room is our room. Bella! we have our two little beds. a night stand with shelves in it in between them. an armour *i might be spelling this wrong, its liek a hutch/closet/dresser?. a dresser, some chairs and a table! like to do homework an dstuff at and its all decorated with flowers and thigns, and its huge, and every room has chandelliers, which i have a weird obsession with, so thats aweosme. and then ceilings are like 20 feet high. no joke. and kim and i have our own huge bathroom. cept our toilet takes forever to fill so you can only use it like twice in a day otherwise it wont flush, so its a good thing we have two bathrooms lol. and then we have a little closet with like storage. fans and an ironing board and an iron and drying racks and stuff liek that. we're still trying to figure out how to get into our gorgeous courtyard. but our apartment is in like an amazin spot. cuz we have this gorgeous court yard out one side of the house, and then a piazza on the other. and then down the street - like not even a minute away - is the food store and its on the way back from the school which is like 5 minutes away, so thats good. and there is an art store right next to the food store, how perfect!
so after we freaked out over our apartment and unpacked we got some basic foods and went out to eat for dinner with stef and danielle and allison and alex who have the worst apartment ever and are actually getting a new one because they dont have a kitchen and its all moldy and falling apart and nothing works. they were so sad.
but we went out to eat at this awesome restaurant. had a calzone with spizy sausage. and the bread, it was soo good. so then we took them to the duomo. AMAZING. an dthen we got gelato. and then palazzo vechio and piazza signorina. i love it there and there was this guy playing guitar and singing, so we just sat down and it was awesome. we were totally in italy. and then we took them to the ponte vecchio. LOVE IT. then we came back. it was late and we were tired. but they totally fell in love with florence, and kim and i fell in love with it all over again. oh, and on the way back, some tourists actually stopped kim and i and asked us for directions, on our first day there! i guess it looks like we know what we're doing already! lol.
yesterday i had a fiasco with my debit card. completely forgot my pin. so i spent all morning trying to get money. lol. and last night stefanie and danielle came over and we cooked a big feast. bought some aranciata - like an orange juice/soda....water, salad, mozerella, pasta and sauce, and gelato and we made bruschetta....sooooo good.
this morning we had orientation for like 4 hours and then we ran around getting our id cards. and now im at the school's computer lab...yay for having quick internet and not having to pay for it at a cafe!
tomorrow we're probably just going to hang out...maybe walk over across the arno...then we're goin to a meeting to sign up and pay for two more trips with the school...cinque terre and portofino....and capri pompei and sorrento.
saturday, kim and i are definitely going to milan for the day, and depending on what happens with stef and danielle's apartment, they might come too....
sunday im gonna try to get my paper done for the civilation of italy class ijust finished in tuscania so i dont have to worry about that when classes start.
monday i have ceramics forever, and we have a welcome dinner - free food, oh yea! then its just a regular schedule of classes. and next weekend we go to venice for a night, during carnivale....so that should be cool...
alrighty, well im gonna get going. talk to you all later.
ciao!
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Mom made macaroni and cheese last night, then we went to the freezer and had a Good-Humor "ice cream" bar, which doesn't really have much taste, it's like eating cold on a stick, I enjoyed chewing on the stick more then eating the ice cream.
knock it down?! are you kidding me? this is hand carved mohagony!
so you got some big knockers...
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