In Firenze

I'm spending the semester in Florence studying the Renaissance. As an Early Modern European Studies major Florence is really the perfect place to be. I wanted to keep this blog as a way to share my stories while I'm abroad. The title of my blog comes from the musical The Light in the Piazza. I have a feeling this blog will contain quite a lot of theater references, so please bear with me. I hope I can keep my posts interesting and that you'll want to read this thing.

The main school building for Syracuse University in Florence is a Renaissance villa. I'm obsessed with the building and plan to take lots of pictures of it over the next few days. This week is orientation. We're just setting up our phones and internet, registering for classes, and figuring out housing. I really wish I already knew where I was living and what classes I was taking. I have learned that one of the professors will be doing a production of Romeo and Juliet. Obviously I want to be part of it. Unfortunately I don't have many exciting stories just yet as I spent all of yesterday in a jet-lagged stupor. I wanted to get this started so that I can just keep writing over the next few days. I can't wait to get out and explore the city. Last night I ate dinner at the hotel because I wanted to get to know people. I'm in Italy and eating at the Hotel buffet is just not acceptable. I want to get out there and eat well enough to make my dad jealous and Anthony Bourdain proud.