Buongiorno! Buona sera! e Ciao! 

Good day! Good evening! and Hello!

 wonderful world! I have done quite a bit since my last blog update. I have been to rome and amongst many things saw the Vatican, Coliseum, St. Peters Church (mamma mia! This is what I think heaven will look like!)  Trevi fountain, Pantheon, and millions of little beautiful churches.

 My family is coming to Italy in April. April 4th through the 13th to be exact and Rome is where we will be staying. This is my spring break. After spending a weekend in this beautiful HUGE city, I could not be any more happy this is where my parents and Aunt Selena decided to book there hotel at. There is so much to see and I feel like there are less smokers. I did make one huge mistake in Rome and I will never EVER do it again. I went to 

the

Hard Rock Cafe. We waited for a table longer then we spent sitting at one. The service was terrible but not unexpected.

Early February I took a trip to Vinci and Pistoia. Vinci is where Leonardo Da Vinci was born and I got to see the house he lived in! This is it to the right. The dome at the top is one of my photographs from Pistoia. 

Oh my goodness! So many things have happened! On February 25 I celebrated my 21st birthday. Fifteen friends and I had dinner at a spanish restaurant over here called Salamanca. Afterwards we went and enjoyed some of the nightlife of Florence, which I have not had a chance to do yet. 

The following day, February 26, we had a class field trip to the Casa Di Buonarroti and saw many great works by the amazing Michelangelo. This was an amazing experience and family, please be expecting many Michelangelo cards because I kind of went crazy in the gift shop.  

February 27, One of my most amazing friends here, Yenni, and I went shopping. In Italy there are only two designated months a year when stores are allowed to have sales and February is one of them. If you ever have the opportunity to come if February to catch the sales come earlier on in the month. The are not so great towards the end of the month. Then Yenni and I ventured over to The Accademia Museum and had the opportunity to experience mr. sexypants David. The Museum is in the middle of no where and the outside is completely coated in Graffiti. This is something really random and weird, but if you ever have a chance to go to the Accademia check out there sculptures. They have good sculptures from many great artist but there is somthing very wrong with them. I do not know if it is how they have taken care of them but all of them have these gross little dots all over them. Some of the statues look as though they are diseased. Just a little weird observation. All in all it was a great experience because Art is amazing and it was everywhere! 

This past week I also started giving guided tours of the Basilica di Santa Croce. It is the most amazing church and I am so happy to be there. I can not wait to give my parents and Aunt Selena a tour when they come. In the Santa Croce we have the most astonishing art some being the TOMB OF MICHELANGELO and Galileo, amazing bizantine art, and frescos done by Giotto as well as his apprentices.     

Things are going quite swell here in Florence. I miss everyone so much but I feel like I have finally made the adjustment to Italian life. I could deffinately use a little more work on my Italian language though and on that note I should probably go study. 

Gratzie Molto for reading and following!

AMOREePACE

SEMPRE!

Teia Hagood