Where has the day gone?

Having the apartment to myself this weekend makes me realize just how fast this entire experience is going. While at first it felt like I had been here months already its just now the end of week four. Lately, I wake up and wonder where the previous day has gone.  My life here in Florence has started to fall into a sort of routine. Days I don’t have class, which is the majority of my week… I sleep in (blaming culture shock), make breakfast, sit at computer, get dressed, eat a snack, maybe take a walk around to city, eat gelato, people watch till dusk then its back to make dinner, more computer and skype and by this time its already 10pm! Like I said… Where did the day go!?!  Im happy to say that each week I look forward to Tuesday nights now because I have found a place to go and worship in English! I stumbled upon this little Methodist church one night and noticed they did a service in English on Tuesdays and ive only gone twice but I love it already. It is just a small group of 4-6 each week and this past week after worship Mark Shultz and his wife walked in the front door looking for a place to worship during their stay in Florence. Silly me I didn’t even recognize him when I introduced myself but when I got back that night I realized that I have like 5-6 of his songs in my “favorites” playlist on iTunes! This Sunday he is going to sing a few songs with another girl from Nashville so I plan to attend the service despite the fact the message will be in Italian I am going to bet at least a few songs will be in English! When I met him he mentioned that he was a Christian Music Artist from Nashville and after I rambled on about my claims to fame I said, “ Oh that’s wonderful, you should definitely join us for a jam session sometime! “. I am pretty sure he was ok with that idea if I remember correctly! Little did I know what that would really mean!! Aahh

So today I am spending some time inside to catch up on writing blogs but I plan to sit by the Duomo this evening and people watch while I attempt to do a little homework. Tomorrow is going to be exciting! I signed up to go hike through the Florentine hills with my school! It’s free, its exercise, its new and exciting and I will be sure to bring my camera! ;-) That’s all for now!

Ciao!