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| All the pasta, pizza & gelato here is bound to add some extra curves. |
The past few days have been spent exploring Florence and
getting settled in. More of a reality check than anything else. We’ve had a
laundry list of things to get for the apartment: kitchen supplies, cleaning
supplies, food, and a few decorations for our place.
Yesterday, I headed out with a few of the roommates to IKEA,
where we found nearly everything we needed to make our apartment feel like
home. On the way over, we stopped for coffee and I got my first
cappuccino here! I wish I knew how to make espresso, but at least there are
countless cafes here to try.
Classes finally
start tomorrow, so today is the last day to run errands, get school supplies,
and find my classes. So far, when I try to figure out how to get somewhere
here, I end up wandering in circles for hours until I finally stumble upon it,
entirely by accident. However, by the time I find the place I was searching
for, I’ve completely lost track of how I got there in the first place. Luckily,
Florence is a lovely place to get lost. I live right near the historic city
center (I can actually see the Duomo when I walk out of my apartment), so
everywhere there are beautiful buildings, shops, cafes, and art.
The next thing I have to figure out is weekend travel. The
list of places I want to go is infinite, but there are only 14 weeks in the
semester (meaning 13 weekends, take away 2 for studying for midterms &
finals, 2 are part of Spring Break, and 3 I’ll have to stay for Friday classes
to make up for holidays we get off). This leaves only a few short weekends to
travel!
I’ve already decided to try to stay within Italy for the
most part, which limits my travel wish list to:
- · Venice (Carnival)
- · Rome
- · Tuscany (wine tasting)
- · Cinque Terre
- · Amalfi Coast
- · Pompeii & Capri
- · Sicily & Sardinia
…Let’s see how far I get with this.
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