Right...sooooooo about life.

Okay, I would like to reiterate my sincerest apologies for being an awful blogger as of late. Things are absolutely crazy right now.

So, backtracking to the weekend of November 6, 7, and 8. I went to Siena and San Gimignano with my Mediterranean City class on the sixth. They were both super cool. To see the Campo where the Palio is run was awesome. Kelly, Andrea, Tori, Jacque and I bought a bottle of wine, some bread, cheese, and lunch meat and sat directly in the middle of the Campo for lunch. A+ day. On Saturday I went FINALLY to go see the David. Good stuff. He's got athlete's foot. Just so y'all know. Nothing else too important.

During that week I had some rehearsals and signed up for classes. Nothing too special.

I went to Vicenza, Padova, and Venice on the 13th and 14th. Venice was absolutely surreal. I don't really have much to say about it other than that. It's one of those things you have to see for yourself - truly.

The next week was rehearsals, Rachel's show, The Dumb Waiter, which was a lot of fun, a lecture by the author Gabriella Kuruvilla, and some more rehearsals.

I went to Rome for Friday and half of Saturday. It was really nice to go back. The group I went with was awesome. I roomed with Laura, Lauren, and Maddy. They rock. We went out in Campo di Fiori. Kelly and Andrea were a blast to hang out with throughout the weekend.

A bunch of us took the early train back so that we could go to the Fiorentina Game! Italian soccer games are one of the craziest things I've ever experienced. It was so much fun.

This week got really insane. I had classes all day, then rehearsal, then soccer both Monday and Tuesday. Insanity. We came in second in the Soccer tournament!! Tuesday was even crazier because after our soccer game I went with Caitlyn, Remi, Schulyer, Maggie, Julie, and Alex to the AF Champions League game. Then after that we went down to Lion's Fountain to get our trophy...boy was it a late night. But I had my first Italian burrito which was AMAZING.

I skyped with Jenna on Wednesday which I really needed. I miss her TERRIBLY.

Thursday it was off to Dublin for a nice Irish Thanksgiving. Ireland is amazing as always. I traveled with Maggie, Aviva, and Rosa. Friday was spent sight-seeing in Dublin and visiting the Guinness Storehouse! I ran into Mickey, Kyla, and Anna which was super cool. We went to Gwendalough on Saturday which is out in the country to do some hiking - fantastic. I left Sunday afternoon to head back. I flew into Rome and then literally ran across the city to catch the train back to Florence.

This past week has been spent doing a lot of school work and rehearsing. I have also been fighting a pretty nasty cold that I got in Dublin so that's been taking a lot of energy as well.

Today I went to the Vasari Corridor which is, aside from being a "secret passage" taken by the Arch Duke from Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo Pitti, the biggest collection of self-portraits by famous artists. This isn't open to the public and in fact we were the second to last group to go in there before 2015. The paintings in there aren't even catalogued...it was insanity.

That's all the factual stuff for the month of November. Rehearsals for the Importance of Being Earnest are going well. I'm off book at this point which is really awesome. It feels like it's realyl coming along. I have an awesome cast to work with and that's making all the difference. I'm going to be spending the rest of this weekend working on projects and papers.

I think I'll be going to the Fiorentina Game on Sunday which is really cool. Total of three!! They were really super fun. The fans are insane. There's everything from huge flags to flares and pushing and shoving, amicably of course.

My time in Florence is winding down and I can't wait to make the most of the rest of it.

United States of America: 13 days.