It is almost 2PM here Sunday afternoon, and as I sit down to write one of my 3 eight page papers left to do before I leave, I figured I would procrastinate a little bit and update everyone on the past week (actually, not a whole lot happened but I really don't want to start this paper). This weekend, I stayed in Florence for the first time since early March (the Czech Republic, Spain, Germany (twice), UK, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary have all been crossed off my list since then). It was weird waking up Friday and not having to see a brand-new city, but it was also nice and relaxing at the same time. After sleeping in, a few of my roommates and I went to a breakfast place that we had heard good things about and enjoyed an omelet and orange juice while sitting outside (not a bad start to the day). After a long breakfast, it was off to the library to get some work done since I am leaving for Paris on Friday and my grandparents will be in Firenze next week, which I am really looking forward to. After wasting the afternoon in the library, I went home for a phenomenal spaghetti with sausage and peppers dinner prepared by my roommate Jon. We all do a good amount of cooking and make pretty good food, but I think this is the best dish that any of us make. Before I came to Florence, I had heard from a few of my friends who had studied here before that this place is a ghost town on weekends, and going out on Friday we saw that this was definitely the case. Even the bars that during the week are almost entirely American have quite an Italian flavor during the weekend. The reason that we stayed in Florence for the weekend (besides the fact that it was nice to get a break from traveling and relax a little) was for the Fiorentina vs. Roma soccer game that our program took us to last night. Everyone hears about how crazy soccer games are across the pond, and last nights game was no exception. Even though Fiorentina is not a very good team in Europe, they put on quite a show last night scoring their first of 4 goals only 8 minutes into the game. After 90 minutes of cheering and singing, Fiorentina was victorious 4-1, and we headed home pretty content. So that was my relaxing weekend in Florence, I know I said it last time, but I can't get over the fact that my time here is running out, a few of my friends in other cities are already done and it just boggles me that I will be home in a month. Alright, time to go write this paper.
A Presto,
JK
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