Tuesday morning began with me at Palazzo Vecchio not giving tours. I realized that since tourist season is over here, it's going to be increasingly difficult to find English-speakers to give tours to. Bummer. So even though I checked in at 10 and 11:30 at the main desk to see if I had any takers, unfortunately, I did not. So at 10 I locked myself in the cloakroom (yes, the cloakroom) since there was an activity/workshop being hosted in the normal study/intern room. Finally someone said something to me and ushered me into the office and found a spot for me at the coffee table. I'm a goof. But in that hour and a half I was supposed to be giving a tour, I began a 10 page final paper which I will now be emailing to my Medici class professor for corrections. Another pat on the back for Stevie. When it was Italian-speakers = 2, Stevie giving tours = 0, I made my way back to campus where I did more research for said paper until Italian.
In Italian we learned a new tense but otherwise it was a short class, getting out at 2:15. At that point I began a final essay for my internship (yep, that one gets a paper and a final grade too). But it was too warm in the study lounge, and Hannah got a package, and we were antsy, so we headed home after dark (like 4:30 because it gets dark so early here...but really it was 5:30) to pick up our final December bus passes. After our neighborhood walk, I would like to say I continued doing work, except I didn't. I discovered this wonderful game, Plants vs. Zombies, and I HIGHLY recommend it. You get a free 60 minute trial, and let me just tell you, best 60 minutes of my day. I'm actually lucky it expired after 60 minutes, because I'd probably still be playing it to this minute if it hadn't. So on second thought, don't download it, it might just definitely cause major delays in your day!
In other news: Auntie Dee's package is here, and by here I mean Italy, not my little hands. Unfortunately it's stuck in customs, as they don't understand what is in the package (maybe it wasn't declared?). So after chatting to the Student Life Office about it, we faxed them what we thought was in it (candy, papers) and crossed our fingers. Keep ya posted, but it should be released soon!
Sam and I celebrated our 5 month anniversary via Skype and confirming Barcelona plans tonight. We're looking forward to a weekend by the beach, relaxing and exploring! Though I believe the forecast calls for sun (I'm bringing my umbrella just in case, every time we're together we get lousy weather...except Paris), it's still going to be chilly (lows of 30s, highs of 50s!). It's snowing in London (as of yesterday) and still raining in Florence! There's snow in the surrounding area of Florence, but because it's in a valley, we don't seem to get snow. Anna said that when they do get snow, they don't know what to do with themselves, the city sort of shuts down---including the buses. So here's hoping the only snow I see will be back at Syracuse in January! (Though reports from that side of the pond says is blizzarding there or something. I just think everyone's being a little dramatic, really now.)
Today was a normal day, Wednesdays tend to be long. But since I've been a project fiend, I got home this evening and didn't have any homework/papers to do (immediately, due Monday, etc), so I had some time to relax for 5 seconds. My Italian class was canceled (seems to be happening a lot recently...) so I finished up most of my work during that 2 hr time period. In my Leonardo class, my professor (who is apparently a world-renown scholar on Michelangelo, that Rab Hatfield) grows olive trees and presses his own oil so he brought in a giant jug for us to sample with fresh tomatoes also from his garden. We went to town! Delightful. He apparently doesn't sell it in stores, but it was definitely some good quality stuff. And today must've been treat day (or I was just really hungry) because one of the girls presenting brought in yummy fresh meringues and shortbread cookies that she compared to the water studies by Leonardo. I think Dad would love the shortbread cookies, and she just bought them at a grocery store, so they're not hard to come by. Think I just found Dad's souvenir from Italy...
We had a delightful dinner with Anna, risotto with asparagus and caprese salads, followed by panaforte for dessert (trying to bring that one back too, the logistics is a little more complicated here though). But Anna was tired, and Hannah had work to do, so we retired early. I'm packing and finalizing plans for Barcelona tomorrow. I'm out of the house by 9:30 or 10am or so, my flight's at 12:55 from Florence. Hoping everything is going to go smoothly!
Currently the Italian version of Kids American Idol is playing in the other room...Hannah and I are enjoying an Italian rendition of Beauty and the Beast's Tale as Old as Time. May or may not be singing along. In Italian.
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