The climb was better than other things I've climbed mostly because there were less spiral stairs. The entire first half is Actually just normal stairs and then you walk out onto platform so you're inside the dome and can see the inside of the Church. Then the spiral staircases started...not So fun. The actual dome is created from two "shells" so when you climb up to ge outside you go in between them and it's really cool because you get to see the actual structure of the dome. Getting up was a little tricky because people were going up a d down at the same time...which involved lots of pushiv. The view from the top was obviously amazing. The architecture of the top itself (I think it's called the lantern) was really beautiful and it was great to see the city from smack in the middle of the city. On the way down we took a closer look at paintings on the snide of the ceiling which I believe depicts heaven purgatory and he'll...which is extremely creepy llooking and quite gory. Not something I'd want to look at during services but whatever floats your boat. After climbing down my friend Jeannie and I went shoe shopping!!! Yay! I looked for a pair of boots but I'm being really picky and couldn't find ones that were quite right/in my size.
after shoe shopping I wne t over to Negrin and Jordans place where they made dinner! Dinner was yummy, Jordan made asta and veggies for us and their roommates and we had a great time. After dinner Negrin Miriam and I watched a movie, then hung out with Jordan when he got back. Finally Miriam and I walked back to our apartment, which was not so great cuz it was super chilly
Tuesday Miriam and I woke up early so we could go to a place down the street from us called the diner for breakfast. It's the only American "diner" in Florence. I got chocolate chip pancakes and they were yummy. It was nice to have American breakfast :)
After breakfast, I thought we had class at a church in a completely opposite direction from school, but luckily we ran into our friend who corrected me and prevented us from walking 20 minutes out of the way. I need to learn to read dates better. The day wasn’t that exciting, just class and laundry. That night I made dinner for Miriam and I, which consisted of yummy pasta, baked eggplant, and these yummy Italian mozzarella stick type things. We ran from dinner to the OPERA!!! Which we were late to because we didn’t realize how far away it was and had to grab a cab. The whole thing involved us frantically running through the streets of Florence, and I was wearing heels, so that was fun.
We saw the opera, Manon Lescaut by Puccini, and this time (unlike in Vienna), we stayed for the whole thing. I liked this opera a lot better because a) I could understand more of it and b) it moved A LOT faster. Although (spoiler alert), she took way too long to die at the end. During intermissions, which there were way too many of, Miriam, Emily, and I went back in time to 6th grade and put the foil from gum wrappers on the back of my phone. So, basically, the opera was great. After the opera, Miriam, Emily, Negrin, and I went to a bar called the Joshua Tree (which they also have in the City). We made friends with the manager and had an awesome night.
Wednesday wasn’t all too exciting, just getting ready for ROMA!! However, after class I went boot shopping again, and I finally bought beautiful, black, Italian boots.
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