Last week orientation was split up among the different groups. Two of my roommates, Gen and Sam, had orientation on Thursday and thenLindsayand I had orientation on Friday. It was basically just informational, we found out about clubs, classes, trips, and Florence laws. This weekend we went to the Boboli Gardens and the Ponte Vecchio. The Boboli Gardens were very pretty. There was so much to see but by the time we got there we were all very tired. We will definitely be going back to explore some more!! Luckily we did force ourselves to climb up the HUGE hill (we also all complained the whole way up!) and came upon a gorgeous view of the city!!
(the view from the Boboli Gardens)
The Ponte Vecchio was so cool!! I love the way it looks with all the shops on it and I love the view of the river from it with the city on both sides!! For those of you that do not know, the Ponte Vecchio was the only bridge in Florence to survive the raids on the city during World War II. I didn't go into any of the shops but they are all looked very expensive!! (surprisingly, besides window shopping, I have not done any shopping that did not involve groceries, school supplies, or like shampoo and conditioner!!)
(me on the Ponte Vecchio)
On Monday classes started. I had Italian and event planning. I am a little bit nervous as to how Italian is going to go. I like that it is a smallclass but there is almost no English spoken so I have to piece the different things my teacher is saying together. I am very excited about event planning. The professor has a lot of experience from owning her own event planning company and also teaches at a few other universities in addition to LdM. Tuesday I had visual merchandising. Soo excited for that class. The professor is an older lady who has had a lot of experience with visual merchandising but then decided she wanted to teach young people. We will be going on some visits to different stores and also be looking at a lot window displays around Florence. Today I had art history. I am excited about the visits to the different museums to have someone actually explain them to me. I am not excited about the research paper that goes along with it! I also had Italian again, which I am still not excited about!).
Last night we went to a festival. I am not sure exactly what it was called or why they had it but it looked really cool. All the kids carry lanterns that they made. Some of them were really cute. What wasn't cute was that the kids also had these long straws that they spit papers through. They were like spit balls without being wet.
(all the lanterns!! the butterfly one was my favorite!!)
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