This last week has been a blur. An insane, sometimes fun, blur filled with cleaning, packing, quality time with family, and as many snuggles with the kitties as I could possibly fit in. I have never travelled abroad so this upcoming trip will be quite an adventure. For those of you just tuning in, I will be studying abroad in Florence, Italy for four weeks, followed by four weeks of backpacking through the Czech Republic, Germany, France, England, and Ireland. I am incredibly excited, and incredibly lucky to have some wonderful travel companions (shout-out to Luke Roberts and Kelcey Joyce). Our program will focus on Renaissance Italy, and what better place could I ask to study this topic than Florence! I took a Renaissance Art History class last year and it was one of my all-time favorite classes. Many of the pieces we studied were created in Florence and I cannot wait to see them up close and personal. Our apartment is in a great location, right across the street from the Uffizi Gallery and within walking distance of many popular sights such as the Duomo, Santa Croce, the Ponte Vecchio, and the Boboli Gardens. We will attend classes Monday-Thursday, though most of our classes will involve exploring our new home. We also plan on traveling to other parts of Italy on the weekends.
As much as I am looking forward to this trip, I am also feeling incredibly homesick (already). We had to say goodbye to our kitties today and I am nervous about leaving them for eight weeks, especially since one of them seems to be sick. Not the best timing, but isn't that always the way it goes?
Our flight leaves at 7:30am tomorrow morning, and we are currently staying at a hotel near the SF airport. My lovely mother was kind enough to drive us to SF, and her company was kind enough to put us up in a hotel for the night (she's working tomorrow, I swear). We had a lovely dinner at the hotel and sat at a table overlooking the water and the lights of the SF International Airport. We got to watch planes land and take off, and I am anxious to be on one tomorrow. Hoping for safe and motion-sick free travels.
Arrivederci America!
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