Firenze I

Quick update..Florence is so cool. i love my host mom she is amazing. The last few days have just been orientation meetings and organization but classes start on monday. Kelly is my roommate and happens to be the first person i met at the airport and my first friend on the trip (shes from LA and goes to UC santa cruz) and shes awesome and so cool and we get along perfectly. Im taking italian 102, italian culture class (that is mandatory and accompanies the language class) also an art history called The Mediterranean City (we go on 4 different prepaid field trips throughout the semester to places like Pisa, orvietto, Rome, sicily (for 3 days!) and other places i cant remember), an english called Literary travels, where we discuss and read about/ the journals of people who have traveled all over and specifically florence. my last class is an italian drama class...the teacher seems so cool and we even get to do a little acting! Hm what else..ive gone out a couple times with a good (big) group of girls that ive met so far who are from loyola, syracuse, tufts and a bunch of other schools. Its fun but the men are a little forward so we stick together. Ummm....everyday we walk for hours. literally sore from walking at night. its good though because im mildly obsessed with the gelato. i havent done all the museum stuff yet but im so excited. walking past the duomo everyday is unbelievable and i cannot not stare at it. its like my art history textbooks have come to life. Also this whole time ive been debating joining a gym bc its really expensive and i havent found a reasonable one that is close and i like...so this morning we walked TWO blocks over the train station (so close its amazing!) and into a huge sports complex with a public track, soccer fields (even a turf), tennis courts, and EVEN a playground...i was in heaven. its amazing and im so glad i didnt join a gym. it will be a lot better and ill just do body weight lifting. so yeah, everything seems to be working out perfectly im so lucky! Ok i think thats it for now!