I am in Florence! Or Firenze as the Italians say. We just got here a few hours ago and it is such a relief to have free internet at the hotel! Although there is a 15 minute limit and I have a line waiting for the comp so I gotta make this quick. I really love Florence already. We are RIGHT by the biggest attraction of the city, the Duomo with the bell tower by Giotto. I got really excited about the bell tower because weve seen pictures of it in our art book. Our hotel is right in the heart of the shopping area and luckily our street is for pedestrians only! (: But I have yet to see the city during the day. I was sad to leave Venice this morning but I enjoyed my time there. I was most excited for that city from the beginning. After seeing it in person I can say it was more beautiful than I imagined it. Although Florence I can see already that it is a more metropolitan area. Venice afterall is a series of islands so everything there was much more expensive since everything has to be exported. BeforVenice we were in Switzerland! It was prettcool,,, literally sinthere was snow! But it kind of reminded me of the mountains in Washington... FYI if anyone wants to come, I really want to go sledding at Mt Rainier when I get back! I think the last blog I wrote was from Paris. Paris was awesome but there is so much to see in that city so I think Ill just have to come back to get the full experience. It didnt help that we had a test and quite a few other projects all due here. ): But Im trying to live everyday to the fullest. Speaking of which I need to go do more preparations for my debate that is coming up on Monday!
So what is everyone doing for Thanksgiving? We decided not to have thanksgiving dinner on Thursday but rather Friday because it worked out for us to rent a kichen for that day. Oh well. We are planning on making our own turkey dinner with all the fixins! Speaking of food... I really miss Mexican food!!! And fresh choloate chip cookies! And pumpkin pie! I could go on and on... in fact I made a long list of food I miss while traveling on the bus today. Maybe Ill share it later... haha.
About Me
- Stephanie in Europe
- I am currently in my fourth year at Westmont College in sunny Santa Barbara, California (quite a difference in weather compared to my home in Washington!). I am majoring in Cultural Anthropology with a minor in Biology. I am excited about studying on Europe Semester because it will give me first hand experience within many different cultures. I hope that will bolster my credibility as a cultural Anthropologist. I think it will also make me a competitive candidate for graduate school.
1 comment:
Stephanie,
I'm excited that you are in Florence. It's my favorite city. It sounds like you are staying in the same hotel we stayed in. That's awesome that you guys will be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with a turkey dinner. We ate THanksgiving dinner at Planet Hollywood in Paris.
I look forward to reading more updates! :)
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