Day 3.
What a beautiful city I get to live in for 4 months. This place is unreal.
Today is the Feast of the Epiphany, s a huge holiday for Florence. Many things close down today, all day for the celebrations. We planned on just walking the city, but came to find all these events on the way. Out in front of the Duomo there was a live manger scene, with sheep, bulls, and donkeys. There was also a huge parade. We walked through the city to the Arno. Its a dirty river, but the overall look of it is beautiful.
Brooks and I joked and decided that we should buy one of the apartments in the buildings that line the Arno. But decided our mommies might not like it if we dont come back home to them :)
We walked and explored for hours. It was wonderful. The sun finally came out! It only lasted about 30 minutes, but we got a wonderful dose of sunshine, and while the clouds did take over a majority of the adventure, there was little or no rain!
The girl that lives next door to me and I are leaving for mass at the Duomo now, they have had masses all day for the Epiphany.
Im sure itll be a mass unlike I have ever experienced. Cant wait.
Everyone here speaks english. Last night my friend Hailey and I had a long conversation with an Italian guy our age who was teaching us the differences between certain words when speaking to younger kids as compared to Adults. The conversation began because i said Escusi, but he corrected me saying that since we were the same age, I could just say, scusi. He was a nice guy, we learned a lot from him.
Everyone here is so sweet and open to making new friends. I was pretty nervous about the Gonzaga students excluding themselves from those of us that dont go to Gonzaga with them, but they are unbelievably welcoming.
I couldnt be happier with the program and city I chose. Three days in and Im already in love.

Arrivederci