Today has been quite a relaxing day. I stayed in bed until about noon... I needed to catch up on sleep after my exciting and expensive night in Rome.

It was such an odd feeling to come back to Florence yesterday. Florence is no longer as foreign as it was to me last week. I feel very comfortable here now; it is my summer home. Today, after forcing myself out of bed and spending too much time catching up on things on the Internet, I went for a long walk by myself around Florence. I crossed the Ponti Vecchio and walked along the Arno. I stood there for some time just trying to take it all in. There was something really special about today: a realization of how lucky that I am to have this opportunity to live and study in such a beautiful city and how much history that I have left to learn about the city.

Out of time now!

By the way... the guy sitting next to me at the Internet cafe is singing to his girlfriend on Skype. It is really funny.

Ciao!