Ciao again!!! Well it's Sunday and about 5:15pm here in good old Florence, Italy. The sun is shining and I'm sweating as usual. Looking around the apartment this morning, it is defiantly apparent that we've been here a week. Dishes are piling up, laundry needs done, and we have no food. Everyone's a little tired today, since we didn't get back from our Verona trip until 4 o'clock this morning. Verona was amazing. It is known for its historic remains, Romeo and...

Ciao! Well here I am, about to end my first week here in Firenze, and there is so much to share!!! Thanks to my friend/pod mate Carrie, I now have this awesome website to share this amazing experience with all of you!!! I guess the best way to start out is to take it day by day since I got here, starting with the day I left Pittsburgh!!! When I got to the airport in Pittsburgh, I was scared that my mom wouldn't be able to see me to the gate, and that my tempo...