Ah, Florence at night. Saturday evening we headed out to a bar by our hotel (only 5 minutes from the Duomo). We had a great welcome to Florence with a free bottle of wine. There's some sort of Chianti festival going on for the next couple of days. All I can say is that it's delicious. After that a huge group of us headed out to a club, Space, which was pretty decent. Some weird karaoke to old music and upstairs dancing to old rap for the most part. I hadn't heard some of those songs for ages. Like since eighth grade. Interesting. A group of us left pretty early at about two. But seriously - that was over twenty-four hours since we had slept thanks to jet lag.
Sunday was a bit of a waste. The morning anyway. We all passed out until pretty late. I was up at one, but people were up between probably noon and three-thirty for the most part. We had our orientation thing at 5. The school building is beautiful and old. It's hidden in some little streets but was built in the 12th century. It's strange to see the old pieces of frescos in the same room as an enormous screen and projector. Like they don't fit together properly. Class starts later today and is totally strange hours (I have from 2.30-7 essentially).
This is what the Pitti Palace looks like when drunk.
Just kidding. I don't have much of a steady hand for the larger exposures. I'll try that one again in the daytime. We had a delicious dinner last night at a little restaurant around the corner from here. Some seriously fantastic fresh and homemade pasta in a spicy sauce (Pici alla Fiorentina). A bit later we headed out to the river and found a bar. Trendy but with killer drink prices. It was cool to just sit on the wall by the river, watching the bats, the people. Listening to some sort of pounding music. Wandered around some more afterwards. There are endless streets to wander around. I'm not worried about getting lost because all we need to find is the direction of the river and then the Duomo. Pretty serious landmarks.
I had my first cappucino this morning at the hotel with breakfast. I should have take a picture of it because the guy had made a smiley face in the foam. A nice touch to the morning.
Just kidding. I don't have much of a steady hand for the larger exposures. I'll try that one again in the daytime. We had a delicious dinner last night at a little restaurant around the corner from here. Some seriously fantastic fresh and homemade pasta in a spicy sauce (Pici alla Fiorentina). A bit later we headed out to the river and found a bar. Trendy but with killer drink prices. It was cool to just sit on the wall by the river, watching the bats, the people. Listening to some sort of pounding music. Wandered around some more afterwards. There are endless streets to wander around. I'm not worried about getting lost because all we need to find is the direction of the river and then the Duomo. Pretty serious landmarks.
I had my first cappucino this morning at the hotel with breakfast. I should have take a picture of it because the guy had made a smiley face in the foam. A nice touch to the morning.
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