Classes started already!

Hey everyone! I’m really excited for my classes this semester so I wanted to share them with everyone already.  I’ll also be traveling to Rome and Cinque Terre this weekend so I won’t have a chance to update.  I am studying Architecture: Villas and Gardens, and Cross-cultural Psychology at Palazzo Rucellai. The school is amazing!  This is one of my classrooms.

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In my architecture class we have on-site lessons every day!  Most sight visits are within Florence and walking distance from the school such as to Palazzo Medici, Palazzo Davanzati, and more.  We also have trips taht we have to take busses to that are outside the city suc has the Medici Villas, and Fiesole.  On the first day of class we had a course introduction and then went to tour Palazzo Rucellai and Palazzo Strozzi.  The following picture is from the courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi and is absolutely breathtaking in person.italia 024.JPG

The picture doesn’t do it justice, and I imagine I’ll be experiencing this a lot this semester!  In my cross-cultural psychology class, we did many interactive excercises to get to know each other and compare the Italian and American cultures.  My professor is Austrian and slightly difficult to understand but he has a great humor and I imagine he’ll make the topics very interesting!  Don’t take this post wrong though.  My classes will be very interesting but I think they will also be very difficult.
I also have gotten a lot more sight seeing in.  Here are some pictures of Florence.
The Piazza Della Republicca:firstfriday 009.JPGSant’Ambriogio Market: an open air market that is definitely your best bet for groceries and more! It’s cheap and fun to immerse yourself into the Italian culture.  Many locals go here so it is easy to pick up on the language and cultural cues.
228308_10150198017186169_722081168_7036681_1106115_n.jpgPiazza San Croce:
229115_2084599396149_1280041462_32571693_7567512_n.jpgPicture of the shops of Ponte Vecchio: These shops are beautiful and festive.  They are mostly shops filled with fine gold jewelry and other valuables.  In the center of Ponte Vecchio you have a beautiful photo opportunity where the shops split and while you’re at it you can fill up your drink bottles at the fresh spring!
italia 018.JPGI have to get going so I’ll put up an update of my weekend traveling as soon as possible!
Ciao a tutti!

Location: Via Della Vigna Nuova, Firenze, Italy

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One thought on “Classes started already!”

  1. COURTNEY ANN MUNDT

    I just came back from Turkey, and many of the pictures I took in Istanbul and around the sites I visited do not do the sites justice either!!!! I will be updating my blog soon, so please check out the pictures I post. Have fun in Italia!!!!

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