Hello!
Welcome to my first blog post coming to you live from Florence! I am just finishing up week one of my journey so far, and it has been an amazing and memorable experience already! I will be writing this post in sections corresponding to the photos posted, so it will be clearly marked what activities the photos go with.
On Sunday, August 27th I drove to Logan airport with my Mom and Dad, and quickly said good-bye to them and headed through security. I met up with a lot of girls from my program once through security, and we all waited for the plane together. I was lucky enough to have a window seat, and as is included in the picture below, you will see my seat mates, two very funny german men. They sat down and immediately told me that they were thrilled to have me as their seat mate, as I was small and didn't look like an old man who snores. They also saw me snapchatting my friends and told me they wanted to take a selfie together, and that is how this hilarious photo came about....Never a dull moment even from the start!
The first two days of my trip were spent in a hotel outside of Florence with all the other study abroad students, and it was difficult sitting through information sessions all day while dealing with the time change and jet lag! No photos from those days, but a very entertaining lecture was given by a U.S. consular representative, where he explained the theft problem in Florence by saying, "Unlike in America, the thieves here are very athletic...they're like Spiderman, except this time Spiderman is here to steal your things instead of save the city". 😂 Overall, a difficult first couple of days adjusting, but on Tuesday, August 29th, we were officially transported to move into our apartments!
I cannot say enough nice things about my new apartment here in Firenze! I share a room with one of my best friends from PC, Caroline (she is the blonde pictured below), and then there are two other girls from Fairfield sharing the other room, named Lauren and Casey. The apartment is very spacious, and has a kitchen, living room, and the two previously mentioned double bedrooms. We also happen to be THE ONLY apartment in our program that has air conditioning...woohoo! The room that Caroline and I share is set up a little funky, because in order to make the room work for two people, the landlord put two twin beds against the headboard for a full size bed, so Caroline and I are sleeping on two beds pushed together the next three months 😅 I guess you could say we're getting close on this trip! Once we dropped our bags and tried to organize a little bit, we went out to do some exploring, and eat with our new roommates for our official first night out in Florence! The picture below is one that I took of the Duomo, which is a three minute walk from my apartment. I can't believe I live in such a beautiful, historic place! We shared bruschetta as an appetizer, and I had their seasonal vegetable risotto as my main dish, and naturally this was all accompanied by some Italian wine 🍷. After a night out at dinner we enjoyed the night life by going to a few clubs, and got to watch some hilarious karaoke at the bar across the street from us! We quickly learned that the night life in Florence does not even begin until midnight, and we did not return to our apartment until 5 a.m.! Italy sure knows how to keep a party going! All in all, it was a wonderful beginning to my trip, and I am excited to update you on what else I have been up to! My next post will detail my program field trip to Mantua and Verona.
Ciao for now,
Julia
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