Moving in, weekend in Venice...and everything in between

So Florence is the center of the Renaissance for two reasons. The first being that Renaissance art and culture flourished here and the second being that technologically, Florence is still in the Renaissance. I'm kinda going crazy without 24/7 internet access, but hopefully I'll have a wireless plan sometime this week, although from what I've heard, they all suck. Anyway for now I'm going to have to settle for the student center wireless.

Anyway, so I moved in a few days ago. The apartment is HUGE! There are five of us living together, and I really lucked out because everyone seems really cool. We're pretty much the envy of everyone who sees the place lol. I'm basically at the center of the city which is good, but I still have a lot of exploring to do. Even though everything is so beautiful I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit homesick...ok, a lot homesick. It just kinda hit me when I got here that I left almost everyone I loved (except Meg thank god!) and everything I've ever known for 4 months. I miss everyone all the time, but its getting better. Now I'm gonna stop with all the depressing stuff and move onto something less sad. As I said both the apartment and city are beautiful, and whoever told me the I'll be cold at night needs to come check out my sauna of a room lol.

So Meg and I decided to go to Venice for Carnevale this weekend (although it was mostly because we missed Scott). The city is just gorgeous. I loved every minute of it and I definitely have to go back. The costumes were out of this world. I want to dress like that in everyday life. So I got back last night to a home cooked meal. It was my roommate's birthday and everyone in the apartment had made this delicious dinner. I'm just glad we have leftovers (although no microwave to heat it up in). After dinner we decided that we want to try and make a trip to Vienna this weekend. It would so fab if this works out. I don't know where I'm getting this money from...but its coming from somewhere. So that's what's going on at the moment. I have my first class at 3, but I have this endless list of stuff to do besides that.

Hopefully I'll be able to update more often. I miss you all, and I'll try to get on skype as much as possible.

<3 Alli