In Florence

It has been a very busy past two days. On Wednesday we toured the Vatican, the Roman forum, and the Colosseum. It was a long day filled with walking, but it was a lot of fun seeing the Vatican and Colosseum again. Seconds after we walked out of the Colosseum it started to rain, which led to a fun sprint back to the hotel in the pouring rain. Thankfully it cleared up while we were inside for a meeting, and we were able to spend our last night in Rome out on the town. A group of us had a great dinner, grabbed two bottles of wine then went and sat on the Spanish Steps.

The next morning we got on a bus for Florence, which was about a 4 hour ride. Eli, Trent and I then had to take a cab to our apartment, which is conveniently located about two minu

tes from the Duomo. The apartment is larger than I expected it to be, but is still rather small. It's brand new, with silverware still wrapped in plastic. The only downsides are spotty Internet (which should be fixed in the next couple days), the washing machine is in a room that is 5 feet tall (I'm not sure what they were planning), and while it is nice being on the first floor, it is very loud. Last night I was woken up by a large group of people walking on the street at 4AM and 6AM. After getting settled in yesterday we walked around town for a while, crossed the Ponte Vecchio, and hung out in the Piazza di Santa Croce. After that we went to dinner, where Eli won the most adventurous dish award for ordering grilled swordfish, which was very good. Aubrey made the mistake of ordering a three course meal, and was full after the first course. Later that night we went to a neat bar in the plaza around the Duomo, and sat on the balcony.

We have more orientations today... This morning we had one from 9:30-11 and we have another at 2:15 that might last over 3 hours. Not fun. Some people want to go to a discoteche tonight, so that might be interesting.

I think we're about to go get lunch, so that's all for now.

ae

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The Colosseum is awesome.