Monday, Monday

I finally feel like I've got two feet on the ground, and a grip on my life. Don't get me wrong, the past week has been great, but hectic and a bit draining.

I just got out of my first class, Introduction to Art History: Medici to Futurists. It's my first brush with art history, and I think we're going to get along just fine. The class includes a lot of on site visits to view the art we discuss, which will help me to appreciate it more, I think. Plus there's a trip to Roma in February, yea! The rest of today consists of Italian class (crossing my fingers that I'm not in over my head) and Italian Renaissance History (I know for sure that I'm not in over my head with this one, haha).

So my host family is quite cute and fun. Caterina and Alberto live in this pretty apartment at the base of the hill that goes up to Fiesole. Caterina is a graphic designer and Alberto is an architect. Their two kids, Pietro (3 1/2 years) and Dario (15 mos.) are adorable! Pietro runs around pretending to be Superman, or St. George slaying a dragon. Dario is one of the happiest kids I've ever seen, constantly smiling and jumping around. He says "Ciao" and, well, that's about it. The family has an au pair from New Mexico, named Alexis, who is in Florence studying vocal performance. It's nice to have her around to show me and my roommate, Katy, the city.

We all toured the city yesterday, and Caterina and Alberto seemed to know every person we passed on the street. Here are some of the photos from that day:


Pietro!

Ponte Vecchio

View from Pizza di Michelangelo

Copy of Michelangelo's "David" in his piazza

Alexis adjusts Dario, who keeps falling out of his seat


I also bought my first soccer ticket this weekend! It's for Sunday's game, Fiorentina v. Livorno. I'm very excited, now all I need is a purple Firenze shirt.

Forza Fiorentina!

-Anna =)