I'm finally here!! After a long long 2 days flying from Charlotte, and eventually landing in Florence, I moved in to the most charming and wonderful apartment with an amazing view of the Duomo. I tried capturing it, but the seemingly permanent mist is distracting. We have wandered around the city, found classes, sat through orientation for 2 days, and eaten ridiculous amounts of pizza. And we found bottles of wine for less than 2 euro each! All of my roomates are great, and super excited about living in Italia for 4 months. 2 are from "Jersey" one from Maryland, one from California and of course me, who everyone assumes is the most country bumpkin ever! Of course, the food has been phenomenal, including so far: caprese paninis, calzonis, pizza and all the fresh mozzerella and
... read more