almost 8 weeks...

I've been in Firenze for almost 8 weeks now and it seems like a LOT longer. I don't really understand what happens with time but when you shove so much information into one day it expands. I have no fun photo or even stories from the weekend. This weekend was for resting. I did do homework but my back was bothering me so I just laid low.

I did go to a place not far from my house to eat some Mexican food, what fellow students referred to as "a burrito place" but now I realize that they are from the East Coast and don't really understand burritos like Californians do. It was good, chicken, lettuce, salsa and guacamole...no beans or cheese but it was passable.

In Archaeological class today I did get to handle some ceramic fragments from 6th Century BC and I'll be cleaning them next week. We have space at a working restoration lab and will be surrounded by ongoing important works from here on out. We take the bus once a week and basically go to work...it's so amazing.

Some tidbits:

I haven't seen this many people wear Birkenstocks since the early 90's

Sandwiches here means meat and cheese, occasionally they scare it with lettuce or tomatoes but not often.

If the weather hits under 70 degrees here the Italian bundle up.

Asian markets here don't sell hardly any tea, especially not green tea. Just weird...

School backpacks are outrageously expensive here.

Technology seems to have skidded and made a wide birth around Italy...