Jersey Shore vs Lakeshore

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It's the end of day 8 and I am now settled in Florence. All the girls are sharing one apartment. There are 4 rooms of two and a single room. Kayla and I have a fireplace in ours, the family who owns this 4 bedroom, two bath place left us a welcome note and wrote "Welcome Home Girls" on the chalkboard in the kitchen. We have a dining room and living room, full large kitchen, laundry room with irons, hair dryers, straighteners and everything else. one bathroom has a large  tub with a removable shower head. It sits at eye view with a window (there are shutters) and the bathroom is large. The bathroom beside it also has a shower and is more like a powder room. We were all left bags of clean towels that actually seemingly partner with the respectful rooms colour palette. every room has a wall cabinet with tonnes of hangers and drawers, every one has their own desk and bulletin board. and everyone's rooms have many many books on Italy and the culture. Wait 'till you see pictures. 
 
We took a walk around town tonight to become familliar with our surroung areas. ( Haven't found the cast of Jersey Shore yet, I'll follow the  greasy orange trails) This town is amazing. I don't ever want to leave. I would love to live here for a while-two weeks won't be nearly enough. It is a seemingly young person town and the shopping is to die for! After having dinner with the group we all walked to get the best gelato in town and it surpassed my expectations. Melon gelato? Deal.
 
Tomorrow I am presenting Giotto's Capanile ( if I can ever finish my work-too distracted by Florence ,amazing buskers all the time and the beautiful people). We finish at 12:30 after our lunch at Piazza Santa Croce ( Santa's home in the off season I believe). Then we will hit the streets and shop... hard. The leather here is beautiful and cheap and there are designer stores  on every corner.
 
Tuesday we have a day to ourselves and we are planning on traveling an hour and a half to an amazing beach. Speaking of which I have had the fact that my skin is turning olive commented on more than once. It makes me smile every time. Looking alive is a feat for my pale skin. I'm like a chameleon! The water here is so soft my hair loves it. And I don't know what it is about the sun but it's a better sun. I have no wit left for a sun analogy.
 
I used a bag of peas and ham (Italians for you) as an ice pack for my knees but a very nice fellow roomate of mine upgraded me to a hot/cold compress. It waits in the freezer for me. Now we use the (mushy) peas in the bag to squish. I may have started this mushing trend, but it's fun to pop the peas!... don't judge me...
There is also a running prank  that we hide the squishy peas in eachothers things to find.
 
I'm exhausted from lugging our luggage (light bulb just went of regarding the relation of "lugging" and "luggage") up 4 flights of stairs.
 
Until next time friends...
 
Love & Fist pumps,
V.