5-14
The six of us who flew in this morning met Dr. E in the lobby and she bought us all breakfast. Then we went on this huge walk around just to get an overview of the stuff we’ll see. It was a two hour walk. I can't think of any better thing to do when you are exhausted from being up and flying. I took some pictures which I am hoping to label tonight before I forget what they are of. I just love the buildings here and how people actually hang their clothes from and have gardens on the balcony. There were also guys dressed as Roman soldiers which gave me a laugh and then I saw a horse-drawn carriage where the horse had a poop bag under his tail! It was so smart I just died laughing.
Had my first taste of gelato. I had a flavor called Rose. I don’t know how to describe it but I’d say rose seemed pretty appropriate. We basically just walked past the major things. We did stop and see the pantheon. I got to see the holes left from the chunks that Brunelleschi took out of it to do destructive testing before he went to work on his own dome in Florence. (That is exciting because one of the books I read to get ready for this class was all about Brunelleschi and his big dome, Santa Maria de Fiore, so it was cool to see something in real life that I’d read about.) Jet lag is tough. I am so, so tired right now. We went for a walk on our own to stay awake after just chilling in the room this afternoon. We walked down to the old wall and to a basilica that is down that way. We figured out the taxi guy took us in circles on the way to the hotel from the airport and charged us way too much. Oh well. We went out to a group dinner and that was fun. We got some pizza and kind of got to know each other a little better. Time for bed now though we start class bright and early in the morning!
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