Week One: An Introduction to Florence

Six comes with such force every morning and today is no exception. Havilah's alarm sings out the days greetings and I pretend to not hear the cursed song. God bless her for running, one of these days, I'll be able to leap from bed with such vigor to run the days forecasted calories off.  Maybe, perhaps tomorrow the start of our typical three day weekend. Or not.  Speaking of running, Sunday I, along with Havilah and a few other GIF kids, will be running the Corri La Vita (Run for Life). This Florentine race is a fundraiser or cancer research and care.

According to The Florence Newspaper.it, "This years Corri la Vita expects a record-breaking 20,000 participants." " Vita consists for two routes: The five kilometer walk/run for the less competitive joy-runner; and the twelve-kilometer competitive run for serious athletes. The non-competitive route circles the inner city, beginning in the Piazza della Signoria and passing some interesting city landmarks, including the Church of San Felice and the Palazzo Non Finito."

We will be running the red route!

In other news, school has been going fantastically. I love all my classes and my teachers truly seem to be as excited to be at GIF as we are. I do have some difficult course but that's just the challenge of University! 

Yesterday I went on a long walk with one of my classmates to Piazzale Michelangelo and finally took my camera along for the ride. It's difficult to know what to photograph. I feel at ease knowing that since this city will be my home for the following school year, I am in no rush to snap pictures of everything quickly.