First day in Firenzi....

So we had opening tour for the last nine days... fastest days of my life.. we hit Berlin, Dresden, Prague and Vienna. I'm positive we didn't sleep more than 5 hours a day, drink less than anyone else, or see more than I could imagine. I will write a blog post about that only... because it needs to be written but right now I'll show you guys some shots and then finish later..

OPENING TOUR!: The Berlin Wall... a piece of it left.

A castle in Berlin...

Vienna...

More to come later. ;)

So! Today was the first official day in Florence. The day started out with some good old fashioned classes... which we were all SO eager to go to. We got into Florence at 1am this morning, after venturing from Vienna by airplane to Rome where we then got a bus and went all the way to Florence. Let's just say we were TIRED this morning....

HOWEVER!! It was sooo fantasticly exciting to be greeted by our pensione leader "pesione dada" in my words. His name is Giuseppe, and me as well as around 20 other students are living under his roof called "85 couvaire." I spelled it wrong, I'm pretty sure. It's a pensione, family run hotel kind of deal. I am in a triple with two other girls which is working out so far! I love this city already...

Today we had the best lunch imaginable, it was pasta, and chicken. We all thought that the pasta was the only thing we would be eating but then they said "no!" you still have another course coming. Let's just say, that my tummy wasn't down with stuffing more food into it, yet i did. Do as the Italians do, eat, mangia, mangia, mangia!

Tonight my roomie Sarah and our friend Julian wandered the streets of Florence. We got some gellato, which was the first official time and some pizza. We ate by ponte vecchio which is this amazing little spot by the river. I love cafes and all the pizzeria's. I feel right at home... eating, talking, laughing.. it's just nice to not be in a rush. We even have to ASK for the bill, bizarre!

Our night concluded after food by seeing some orchestra's play near the water, there was a large gathering of people. We also got to see a lot of the city by foot, mostly because we got lost trying to find the cellphone store. I got a ghetto old phone, that resemble sthe late 90's style and has a screen that I'm pretty sure is pixalated. But whatever.. it's a phone.

Italy is so different than the states, all the buildings are taller and there is less grass. It's also weird for me to be adapting to the language. I had my first italian conversation class today and all we did was learn how to order drinks but that is essential in this culture seeing as how much time people actually spend at the cafe's with their friends or family.. Well I'm off to bed it's 1:14am in Italy and to be honest, I am fricking exhausted.

Hope everyone is well in the US!! :)