School's Out for...the weekend

I've almost made it. Only two classes stand between me and the weekend. =) I've liked all my classes so far, and they aren't really that hard, but the problem is that they are all very reading intensive, and being the academic nerd that I am, I'm taking a lot of them.


I know I can always just drop a class if it's too much (don't want to spend my whole time in Florence indoors with a book in my face), but I don't know which one I'd drop. The reading and subject matter is interesting for all of them, and the profs are pretty interesting as well. Plus, I've never dropped a class in my life. We'll see.


I went to the Bargello museum yesterday. It's mainly a sculpture museum in the center of Florence. It used to house the chief of police and was also a prison before being converted into a museum in the mid-late 1800s. It houses some Michelangelos (not his most famous ones though) and has a room full of Donatellos (I finally saw the actual statue of David in bronze--prior to my museum visit I had only seen it in several different books). Oh, and Ghiberti's and Brunellischi's entries for the Baptistry door competition! Those were interesting, although I don't know how Ghiberti beat out Brunellishci because both seemed fairly equal (maybe a coin toss??).


Anyways, this weekend will be spent exploring the city some more, and trying to get ahead on my reading (next weekend should hopefully be full of trips to Assisi and Ravenna).

Oh, and soccer on Sunday!!! Forza Fiorentina! (haha, you'll see/hear that a lot from me because I'm that awesome).

ciao ciao!
-Anna =)