Arrivato!

After anxiously weighing our checked suitcases, getting body scanned and patted down by TSA, running through the Frankfurt airport just to find out there was no Starbucks, and drinking wine with breakfast on the plane... We have finally arrived in Firenze!


These are some pictures of our four bedroom apartment. So funny how much smaller the kitchen appliances are compared to the U.S.  The washing machine holds a maximum of 12lbs, I think? Maybe less....

Regardless, this is all amazing. The window out of my bedroom faces the main street and it's so cool.

Bedroom

Kitchen

After unpacking some of our stuff, my three roommates, Tara, her roommate and I went for a walk around the area and stopped to get some groceries.  I don't think I have ever felt so overwhelmed...

grocery shopping.

Getting yelled at for standing in a line where the register was closed, then forgetting to weigh my fruit and put the price sticker on the bags wasn't a good start.

I now feel so much more sympathy for those in America who do not speak English.

On a lighter note, I took a short walk and stopped at a panini place called The Oil Shoppe... GREAT panini.. Owned by a man named Andrea.  I even got my first sandwich for free :) I later brought Tara and her roommate in and they loved it as well. Looks like we'll be regulars...

Veggie, Mozzarella, Pesto

Tara, her roommate Heidi, and I also took a walk to Austin Hennessy's apartment, but really ended up walking around Florence for 45 minutes. Finally finding our way, we enter into their 6-bedroom apartment with six guys from St. Norbert's.... Mom, you should know how much fun we will be having this semester :)

Xo,
Karina