Finally have internet in Italy!

So I have been here about a week so far and tonight we finally got internet! I don’t think I have ever been so excited for internet in my entire life. We also started school today. My Italian class was ridiculously hard, she only spoke to us in Italian and started teaching us verbs right away when most of us don’t even know more then 5 words Italian as is. But I’m picking it up pretty quick so hopefully it won’t be too awful. I also started Painting today which is a class with Sara, one of our roommates and me in it…and that’s it haha.


Still can’t believe I’m in Europe, Let alone Italy. It’s too hot here and our fan is broken so we have to keep the windows open and there are people always outside. Florence is a pedestrian city so everyone walks and there are only a few cars, mostly taxis. There are always people outside and the streets are crowded with tourists. Everything is within walking distance here. There are so many museums and old art everywhere. The streets are narrow and the buildings are crammed together but the apartments are still very roomy. Everything is miniature in Italy, tiny tic tac containers, tiny buses, and tiny UPS trucks! We are all trying to plan a couple of trips while we are here, we are going to Rome with the group and a few other places but we all want to go places on our own. Everyone is talking about going to Oktoberfest in Munich but it’s too expensive and most hotels were sold out months ago. Sara and I want to go to London or Paris, I really want to go to Ireland and Scotland but I think it’s too far. We have 3 day weekends but we don’t have any more time off from school. We are all talking about going to Venice and maybe Milan and Rome a few times, and there are also big trips to Morocco and Greece. So hopefully we can at least go a few places while we are here!

We went to a winery over the weekend in the Tuscan hills and stayed at a villa. The place was amazing and so was the food. The whole winery is owned by a 4th generation heiress and her family and she made us a home cooked meal. Then we went for a midnight swim in the freezing cold pool. At sunset we got up to take pictures of the sunrise which was amazing and in the morning we had breakfast and then went on a tour of the winery. And then at lunch we learned how to properly pour and taste wine, I think I am an expert now.