Day 26: Tuesday
Last night I fell asleep at 10:30 without getting any reading done, but I definitely needed it. I still don’t feel better, and it sucks sitting in class having to sniffle and cough every couple seconds and be that annoying person. Thankfully Dylan brought me some tissues from the bathroom! We can sleep in longer than in Rome because the walk is so much shorter. Since barely any of us could get on the internet to get our readings we just talked a little about Machiavelli in general, but Petrie’s classes are rarely structured anyway. After class Elli, Kari, and I wandered to Pont Vecchio and saw all the beautiful and expensive jewelry. Then we
grabbed sandwiches at a café and ate them sitting outside Chanel looking at the Palazzo Vecchio and the replica David. While we were eating a gypsy lady came up asking for money, and usually if you don’t make eye contact and ignore them they go away, but she sat there forever begging at me and I just ignored her, and finally she kicked my foot to get my attention and then walked around yelling something. Apparently gypsies are more aggressive in Florence!
After lunch we walked home and I took a shower and a nap because I was still exhausted. Then we had to go back to the Accent center for a lecture on Florentine history. The lecturer was good, and he’s giving us our tour tomorrow, and he taught us some interesting things. It’s hard to pay attention when our only connection to the internet is at the center during class, but our internet at home seems to be improving. The boys’ network works better, but ours still doesn’t work at all, and Accent is completely unhelpful. All they did was give us a phone number, but they don’t speak English and just hung up on us. Accent Florence seems to be even more unhelpful than Accent Rome! After the lecture, Elli, Brandon, Joe, Dylan, and I wandered into the church that’s right off the piazza where class is (which has a market during the day!), which was cool, but not as extravagant and some Roman churches I’ve seen. Then we went home because it was time to meet my parents soon, and at 5:45pm we made our way over to the Duomo where I said I would meet them. They were waiting for me on the steps! After we said hello we decided to go somewhere to eat, but we passed right by my apartment so I showed them around, and they got to meet a bunch of people on the trip. Then we wandered back along the river toward Pont Vecchio where we found somewhere to eat, which was pretty good, especially the gelato. After dinner we wandered back over to Palazzo Vecchio where we had lunch so my family could see it, then we went back to their hotel. As we walked along the river the sun was setting and it was absolutely beautiful! Florence is the most picturesque place I’ve ever been. Their hotel room also has a beautiful view of the river. We hung out there for a while, then decided to come home to get reading done and get ready for bed. We got lost getting out of the hotel, and we found it funny we could find our way around anywhere in Rome, but couldn’t find our way through a hotel. We have all busy days this week, and I’m still exhausted all the time and I wish I could breathe normally. Hopefully the sickness passes soon!
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| Kari and I on Pont Vecchio |
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| Pont Vecchio |
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| My Family with David |
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| Arno and Sunset |
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| View of Florence from Hotel |
