I arrived in Florence on Monday evening after taking bus, taxi, plane, and train to my destination. The campus here at Villa Aurora dates back to the 1300's areas and has a majestic landscape of trees, flowers, and shrubs with some nice places to read outside... :)
After orientation on Tuesday morning, we took a day trip to the Uffizi gallery of art. Our grammar teacher gave us a quick tour.. I plan to go back there next week to take a more in depth look at the artwork there including works of Bottichelli, Michelangelo, and other world renowned artists.
We took an excursion to Cinque Terre which means "5 lands." It consists of 5 little coastal towns untouched by time, dating back to the 1500's. The five towns can only be traversed by train, boat or foot! I walked the coastline trail in between 4 of the towns then caught the train to the last one... The views there were AMAZING to say the least! I recommend anyone staying in Tuscany to take a day trip here....
Language and art history studies are going well... We have our first cooking and ceramics class on Monday! Tomorrow we are joining an excursion to Assisi, the town of Saint Francis of Assissi, which I'm greatly looking forward to!
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Lovely posts, keep em coming.
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