Heya! I'm finally on the internet again! It was kinda nice being unplugged for a bit but i'm glad to be back. I'm in Florence now, I was in Rome for a total of 3 days. The days flew by, it's kinda a blur of new friends and professors, really really important Renaissance art ALL OVER THE PLACE, of course good italian food, and about a million other things. Some highlights, we took a walking tour of Rome at night with our professor/only actual Italian associated with our group, Marco. "Walking" doesn't really describe what we did...it was more like a sprint because Marco walks so fast. We buzzed by, oh ya know, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, the Roman Forum, all before climbing a massive hill to see the whole city of Rome. It was beautiful, the city is absolutely huge. But by the time we finished we had lost half of the group because unless you were literally jogging you would get left behind! ha oh my!!! As far as major monuments we've been to my favorite was probably morning mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican city (aka the Pope's pad!). The congregation itself was small and recited in Italian by an Italian cardinal, but the morning time in that massive cathedral was extremely peaceful. I can't go into more details about everything we did because it's 1:50 am (the internet was a little overwhelmed by all of us so this is the best time to get on) and tomorrow is our first full day in Florence.
hopefully my updates will be getting more frequent (and more coherent!) over the next couple of days while things start to get settled. We head to Cortona on Saturday so it will be wonderful to relax and fill you in on more of my trip. So much love for all of you!!
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