And So It Begins...

In the wise words of Katy (my lady, yeah!), "You. Make. Me. Feel like I'm living a. Teen. Age. Dream." Except this time the "you" isn't a boy, it's something even better. FIRENZE. As I  finally lay in bed after the longest (think being awake for 33 hours) day of traveling ever, it still hasn't hit me that this is where I'll be living for the next 4 months. Pure craziness. There are so many expectations I have for this semester, and I'm sure all of them will be not just met, but surpassed. Even the drive from the Aeroporto di Firenze to my apartment was stunning. Especially that part when we passed the duomo, battistero, and the campanile. You know, the usual-no big deal. Second best part of the ride: me mustering up the courage to speak my first whole Italian sentence to an actual Italian. After our van driver dropped us off and helped us unload our luggage I said, "Non sappiamo il tuo nome. Come ti chiami?" To which he ran to his front seat and handed me his card. "Dimitri. Any time you go out for a drink and need a ride home, you call me and I take you for free." Grazie, Dimitri. I think I just might take you up on that offer (for very rare occasions, Mom and Dad.) My two roommates, Becca and Lindsay, and I headed upstairs only to have more of the amazingness of Italia come flying at us full speed. Our apartment is incredible. HUGE. Huge as in, meant for 6 people but there's only 3 of us with 2 living rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 couches, a kitchen, a flat screen tv, and a view of Italian negozi and ristoranti outside our window. Could life get any better than this?? I think not. We took in our surroundings then quickly got ready for dinner with the group at a place called Trattoria 4 Leoni. The food and red wine were, of course, to die for. Even celebrities like Goldie Hawn and Anthony Hopkins have eaten there. Pretty cool stuff. After dinner, some of the girls headed back to our apartment to check it out. Side note: I lead the whole way to our school to meet up with the group AND all the way back from dinner to our apartment. BOOyakasha, Firenze! And in yo face to some of those family members who think I'm directionally impaired. After talking of going out on the town and then immediately getting tired after sitting down on the couch, everyone was too exhausted to go out exploring tonight. So, all went home, and now it's time for bed. I hope you all enjoy reading my blog, and I promise to try making it as entertaining as possible. Even though I have some pretty big blog shoes to fill (I'm looking at you, Aftyn!!). And if you get bored of it, stop reading. As for now, buona notte, tutti. Buona notte.