on the house (11.02.07)

i understand it has only been a few days since my last letter, but since i have time, and the energy i will write this to prove i can indeed get back on track with writing these.

Not much has happened since Monday. relativly of course. This was a short week of classes since we had Thursday off because of All Saints Day, and as always, i dont have class on fridays. By Wed. the wkend had come back around for me. I would like to take this moment to do some slight bragging and rub your nose in the dirt a little. forgive me. For drawing class last week we spent the first 40 minutes having a lively discussion on the social changes that have occured in America and how it effects the behavior of men toward women (and other various non related subjects). Mid conversation we heard Lorenzo's booming voice echo through the hall and with an eye roll my professor cringed...grr...lorenzo is here, we'd better do something. so we migrated to the nearby Van Gogh room and had a very short theory lecture on facial proportions. Once it was completed, Raphella, the teacher asked what time it was. Realizing how much remained, she urged us all to sneak out and we went to a caffe and drank thick, rich hot chocolate and ate flaky delighful pastries all a treat from the professor. And all during class time. As the class dispersed off into the city, Raph and Avery and I sat, becoming ever more comfortable in our corner as Avery gave us tarot card readings and read our palms. And later talked, cried and laughed over our lives. That evening myself and a friend and my roomate meet her again for dinner at a small family owned resturand that treated us like family. We then headed to a nearby club for drinks and spent halloween together laughing, arguing and talking the night away.

Yesterday i boarded a bus and road up the hills to Fiesole, a small town that looks down on Florence. There, i explored the streets, found Etruscan tombs and a old monestary. It was a beautiful fall days and leaves chased me to and from down the streets, brilliantly colored.

This brings me to today, I have it all open, and my roomates left for Austria on Thursday morning. I may finally go to the Uffizi or end up shopping the afternoon away in botiques. Tomorrow i am going to Bologna and potentially some of its surround towns as a day trip. IF nothing else this afternoon i will probably flash my Uffizi card at the security guard and take in another look at Michelangelo's David. Never disapoints.