Day 11
Last night ended really late bc we were worried about my really drunk roommate being out so we tried to go looking for her at 2am. That meant that this morning I woke up at 8:54 for my 9am. The 9am part is actually my first problem but I'm usually capable of at least getting myself into the classroom to get my attendance points and then just sleeping there. I somehow managed to get to class by 9:03, but not before the lock got temporarily stuck and locked me in again!
A little while ago, I was nervous about my 100€ bill so I hid it. Then I thought I might need it so I stuck it in my wallet; took it out when I got home; put it on the desk; rehid it; thought maybe it wasn't safe enough so I moved it. After a while, I knew I'd seen it recently but forgot exactly where it was. By the time I was seriously concerned I'd lost it, I'd hid it too well to find it. Well I found it today! I'd tell you where it was but it was such a good spot I might reuse it...
My friend and I decided to go see the David in between classes. I've been here over a week and have a free pass to the Galleria dell'Accademia and haven't been yet! It was different than I'd imagined, but somehow still so unbelievable. It felt almost cinematic, walking towards this iconic statue, vaguely aware of tourists taking selfies between me and him. I paused and then the moment was over.
We moved on to the next room. I have to be honest, I guess the whole David thing was exciting because how many times have I seen pictures of him and now there he was, just feet away from me. But what came as more of a surprise was the next room. I had no idea that there was another cool thing to see there until I started up the ramp and saw bust after bust lined up on shelves on the walls.
I'm not sure why, maybe because of this picture that's currently my lock screen, but I recently developed a pretty serious love for sculpture, and especially busts.
This room was heaven. I think I took 5x as long here than in front of the David. I could not stop taking pictures of the endless art.
Eventually, we made it out of the sculpture room. After that, the rumors were true: there was nothing else too exciting to see, so we left.
I started planning this weekend in Rome with my other friend and I think we were successful in keeping the cost as low as possible= excitement! Supposedly, the Trevi Fountain is under construction through the summer though so I sadly will not be seeing it this trip. I've been told there are a lot of other places to visit in Rome and plan on seeing things like the Colosseum instead. And now I'll be able to justify coming back!
Before I decided to follow through with our Rome plans, I found another tiny little town with a population of 4-8 people. It's just about impossible to get to, but that has benefits in terms of how many other tourists I'll have to battle to walk down the street. And the pictures will make the 4 hour multiple layover bus ride worth it. Hopefully I'll be able to fit that into the schedule somewhere... (There's too much that I want to see and not enough time!)
I'd read somewhere that there was a meeting on Tuesday nights for a language exchange and of course that caught my interest. My friend and I walked to the bar where it was held and awkwardly made our way straight to the alcohol because we didn't know how anything worked. Luckily, the organizer sensed our confusion and came over to explain it to us. We sat down at the nearest table and quickly started talking with a goofy group of foreigners, including one from Belgium, one from Germany, and another American. FYI: There are more Americans in this town than there are Starbucks in New York City. Before we even knew their names, I stabbed my fork into a piece of pasta and accidentally flipped the whole plate into their laps. I'm not really sure what they thought about me after that but by the time we left, we were Facebook friends. Because our shared language was English, we exchanged more culture than language, but I'll take that as a win.
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