Some may have thought that the mafia infiltrated my blog and changed my password, preventing me from writing any further fantastic blog entries; however, this theory would be incorrect. Everything is ok, and I am back in business! I am thoroughly exhausted though because in the middle of the night it was raining so hard, I thought our house was going to get pounded into little pieces, and I was kept up for a couple hours. Ma va bene, I will still write. So update on my past week... I'm not going to go into detail because there is a lot, but I should mention things.
Last Tuesday I went to dinner at Carly's and it was really nice! Her roommates are awesome and its really fun connecting with an old friend. That Thursday I went out to dinner with Marissa, who is on a different program as well but I know her from Davis, and her friends and it was soooo good and also really fun to meet new people! That night after dinner I met up with this guy Aaron who I actually went to Israel with four summers ago, and he is studying abroad in Israel now but was visiting Florence for a few days. So I went to a club with him and his friends who were all really nice. It is so funny how I automatically feel more connected with people who are Jewish. Anyway, then on Friday I just relaxed and recovered from staying out so late Thursday night. Saturday I went to Bologna with my program (API). We went on a guided tour and saw the church as well as the university, which is actually the oldest university in the world! It was really, really cool. And I had the most DELICIOUS tortellini everrr. Then we visited a balsamic vinegar production place, which was totally awesome, I learned a lot, considering I didn't even know that balsamic vinegar is made from grapes. Then on Sunday API took us to the soccer stadium for a Florence vs. Palermo soccer match! We (Fiorentina) lost :( but it was still really fun. I couldn't believe how vulgar the fans are! Soccer is clearly a huge deal... there are tons of cheers. I could only understand some of them, but one of the most popular ones was "vaffanculo Palermo, Palermo!" which means, "fuck off Palermo, Palermo!" That was the cheer. I mean I am definitely not the best judge of sporting events, but I feel like people in the US would be offended by that cheer at one of our games, I don’t know. Haha. Then I just did some homework and stuff the rest of the day. Monday I went with Victoria to Fiesole, which is a really old town high up that looks over Florence. The Etruscans originally settled it and there are some really cool ruins from that time as well as Roman times. It was beautiful! We also went to the archeological museum and church there. It was very cute and quaint. I liked it a lot. And then I went to yoga and made a new friend! Yay! haha. Her name is Christine, she's from California also which is cool cause I haven't met too many kids from California. So that was my weekend :) Very brief update on my life here. But I'm very busy and meeting lots of cool interesting people and learning a ton and thinking a whole lot and eating good food and I'm thrilled! It is totally awesome. I could write lots more but I'm going to post this so that I finally have something new up and I'll write more later! Ciao!!
Behind me is the incredible view of Florence from Fiesole
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