First weekend in Firenze!

View from our Balcony!

Ciao everyone!
The First weekend here has been amazing! The city is absolutely Gorgeous!

I think I know why Italians are so skinny now! It has been 100 degrees since we've been here and there is NO air conditioning (Our apartment is on the top floor). They also walk every where! I think I shower every time I come back to our apartment! It has been quite an adjustment, but well worth it! I'm really excited to embrace their way of living.
 

Brianna, Brit, Jen and I are officially settled in our apartment and it feels like home :). We are about 15 minutes from the school and about 10 from the Duomo. It is an absolutely gorgeous church. It was built in 1294 to be the largest church. It no longer is, but it was the first octagonal dome to be built without wooden supporting. While we're here we want to climb the 463 stairs to watch the sunset!

Front of the Duomo

We spent the weekend walking around the city and locating key places. We went to the 99 cent store today. They have EVERYTHING!!! We bought lotion, or so we thought, Brittany went to use it and it was soap!!!! So between the 4 of us, we now have enough soap for the rest of the semester. Also, Jen and I were walking and a statue jumped and blew a kiss at me! I screamed so loud people thought I was crazy! The man just laughed! I did NOT find it very funny! haha.

Part of Firenze! heading toward the Duomo

 We start orientation this week! I'll keep everyone posted!

Me infront of Kent's campus