Florence

Hello!
My Florence trip has already come and gone. We left Sansepolcro on Wednesday around 12 45 and then caught a train from Arrezo to Florence later that afternoon. The trip didn't take much time at all. We took the bus to Arrezo and that took and hour and then the train into Florence only took an hour. When we got off the train in Florence I was pretty nervous. Our profs had really freaked us out about people getting mugged so we were all prepared. I had on my ever so fashionable money belt the whole time I was in Florence. Even though I had my money belt on, I never really felt threatened. I just kept my purse on my shoulder and I was fine. No one in our group had trouble with muggings.
We went walked from the train station to our hotel. It was a really really long walk but we finally made it. The hotel was nice but it was on a busy street. We dropped off our book bags and then went as a group to the main square and the Duomo. Florence is BEAUTIFUL! It was a little dirty because it is so busy all the time but it was gorgeous. THe views from the bridges over the river were spectacular. I took tons of pictures. We went to the leather market and bought a few things there. The hotel provided a dinner for us and it was wonderful. The next day a few of us got up really early to go to the Academia to hopefully see David. We thought that there would be a long line but we were able to walk right in! It was unbelievable. I heard that you have to see it in person to really appreciate it and now i understand why. David is so much bigger and impressive in person. You can see every vein in his body. We ate a bug breakfast later on that morning. We actually were sitting beside some big Italian politician. A news crew came and interviewed him right beside us. Before we knew he was famous, his waitor accidently sprayed us with his bottle of champagne. The story is really funny but I will have to tell you in person so that you can get the effect. We wandered around until we went to the Ufizi. It was huge and a little overwhelming. Then it was time to head on back. We had to figure out how to get back without the profs leading us but we did fine. I was glad to pull into Sansepolcro that night. Florence was nice but I dont know if i cout handle that pace for a long time.
Today we went to an Italian school! They were so cute and I loved my visit. I could write so much about them but I dont have time ebcause tonight we have our dinners with our host families. I am excited but also nervous. I will write again soon!

Sorry for the mistakes..I am not taking the time to look back over what I have written!

Ciao!