Sunday Morning

It's been a fun past two days. Friday afternoon we had a long orientation, afterwards we walked around town for a while. That night some of the girls of our core group of 12 cooked dinner for everyone. It was really good, and it was nice to have a meal in an apartment opposed to eating out like we have every other night. After that we ended up going to a bar/club/discoteche called YAB which ended up being a great time.

Saturday was a pretty relaxed day, we slept in for the first time all trip because we didn't have anything planned in the morning. For lunch I wanted to go to the Oil Shoppe (the sandwich place) but when we got there we were disappointed to find out that they were closed on Saturdays. That afternoon we took a guided tour around Florence, which was nice because it helped us get a better feel for where everything was in the town. After that we had a huge dinner for the entire ISA trip at a restaurant called MammaMia!, I had a sausage pizza and then everyone got a piece of tiramisu (which was by far the greatest tiramisu I've ever had, it was incredible). The rest of the night was pretty relaxed. It was the Champions League finals game (Inter vs Bayern), everyone was crowded into the pubs to watch the game. Inter ended up winning, much to the excitement of all the Italians. And for anyone that doesn't follow soccer, The Champions League Final is pretty much the Super Bowl of European soccer. Afterwards we got some late night gelato then went to bed.

Now it's Sunday morning. It's going to be interesting to see how we eat today, since most stores are closed on Sundays. We went to the grocery store a few days ago, so we have cereal, fruit, and pasta, so hopefully that is enough to last us the day. If not, I guess we'll starve. Tomorrow is the first day of school, sadly, and I have class at 9AM. I'm curious to see how my class is going to go.

That's all for now,

ae