Ciao,
I am finally writing, it is quite difficult to stay up to date with journaling, bloggin, photo uploading and emailing. This girl is breaking a sweat with all this. Things here in Firenze are wonderful and I am really getting the hang of the streets, for a while I was getting all turned around once I got to the Duomo which should not be happening, cuz even tourists get it right. Well I just enter it from different perspectives and end up walking in circles till I eventually give in and get out a map. The tricky thing about Firenze is that each street is named something different after it meets up with another street. So after each corner starts a nuovo street. (I'm gonna put in as many Italian words as I know; multo piccolo)
This weekend I decided to stay here and I just explored the surrounding area, and guess where I found myself.... At the Santa Croce, I swear that place has stollen my heart. I just can't resist going there and seeing the activities happening around it. There was a market in front with some musicians and some puppet performers. It was fun to bring my medium format camera and people watch. I met up with a few friends and we ended up going to a near by market and purchasing some food which eventually turned into a picnic. It was so nice to sit in a park and enjoy some quality time with some friends, and we had some really tasty treats. Pineapple, Raspberries, cheese rolls and some cookies. Afterward we made our way to the antique market across the street. I definately wanted to purchase a painting because I need to have one on my wall just for a more homey feeling, but I know I will get attached and then I won't know how to get it home.
To conclude that day we ended up going to a a bar where there was a Pearl Jam cover band playing, really glad we didn't pay to get in because it was quite male, simply put unenjoyable.
On Sunday I ran into some more friends and we ventured to the Florence Leather School which is connected to the Santa Croce. Long story short if you enter through the gift shop, it's basically a free entrance to the Santa Croce. I was so excited, and I wound up spending a few hours inside the confindes. I met a student who is also planning on traveling after school lets out and she said I might be able to tag along with her for a Holiday in Switzerland. Woun't that be amazing, I hope that goes through. Later on that day I made it to church and I really enjoy it. The worship is contemporary and it is a little community of foreigners. We all get a long pretty well and we have a few events planned to get more of a community started. I can see really awesome frienships sparking from this community.
Well besides that, I am fine and dandy and I have been blessed with not feeling under the weather even with so many other students getting sick and not responding well to the change in the season. Keep me in your prayers and I will try and keep you updated on more of my adventures. Buon Giorno