The First Weekend!

So here I am in Florence! The plane right was absolutely horrendous.  Who knew that the coach section of Air France was so incredibly small.  Jeff and I had the absolute last seats in the entire plane (which was about as big as the airport itself)  Thanks to Tracey I slept through the entire thing while he watched Kung Fu Panda or one of those movies for 5 year olds.  We got to Paris, where I had my first altercation with Euros.  Whoever said that the exchange rate sucked, was right.  Things in Europe are priced semi equally to how they would be priced in America, yet one Euro = $1.40, really just is a blow to the wallet.  So once we get through the traveling we arrive in FLORENCE! aka Firenze, Italia.  The taxi cab to get to our apartment was terrifying.  The roads are so narrow in Florence and the drivers just really don't care at all.  Our apartment is HUGE!                     .

That night we had a hard time finding places to eat since we got in so late.  We went to Little David's Pizzeria and fell in love with our waiter, he was the man who spoke very little English.  We looked very much like tourists whipping out our go-to maps everytime we went to a new place, or trying to go home for that matter!  That night was our first experience with Italian night life where we went to Twice.  Twice was DEAD until 12am when it got packed with native Italianos.  Yes, European men are creepy. Yes, they only play American music every once in a while and yes, the only songs they play are California Girls and Hello.  

The next day was our 7 hour orientation which we could not make it through.  Needless to say the time change was brutal.  We went home and slept about 5 hours.  That night was also the night we had the best. dinner. of. our. lives. 

We went to La Gustria and got this complimentary platter of brushetta. It was to DIE for.  The little spinach balls on the left was amazing and the zucchini with the stuffing inside was amazing too.  This restaurant is known for it's pear ravioli and balsamic steak which is what I ordered (obviously).  It hands down was the most amazing dinner I've ever eaten.

That night was also the first time we saw the Jersey Shore while we were walking to a club YAB.  YAB ended up being closed so we experienced Space for the first time.  And what an experience that was.  We ended up going back the next night, in hopes of seeing Pauly and Vinny but instead we got VIP, good trade I guess.  So yesterday during the day, we went to school for the first time!  The Palazzo Rucellai (school) is in a palace and it was beautiful!  We got our schedule and our books and I am enrolled in The Story of Florence and Food (obviously).  I actually cannot wait to begin classes and get more accustomed to the Italian lifestyle.  It really is something out of a movie.