8 September 2012
Today, it hit me that I was in Florence. This is the city where Michelangelo, da Vinci, and the rest of the Ninja Turtles worked, walked around, frequented restaurants, got in fights, etc. It realized this while I was walking through a tiny pedestrian-only cobblestone street looking up at the 500+ year-old buildings. God has truly blessed me with the opportunity of being here.
I can tell that getting used to walking EVERYWHERE is going to be a challenge for me. I took a long walk through the city for a couple hours after our orientation and it killed me. Everything we do is around a 20-minute walk from our hotel. Don't get me wrong--I'm excited for the opportunity to lose weight, be healthy, and not drive a car for a few months. But it's just gonna be a while before I can just keep going and going.
Tomorrow night, we will have an art tour where we will get to see some of the main artistic opportunities that Florence has to offer. Man, am I excited!
Haha yeah I feel ya about the crazy amount of walking! I had to buy better shoes pronto, but now between good shoes and adjustment time it's getting easier to walk this much. It's good prayer/reflection time! I love reading about your adventures; they sound so wonderful and-- classical! There's a lot of Italian influence in Buenos Aires, and so all the aspects of Italian culture blended into the city make me think of you. :) ciao!
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I'm glad you've been blessed. Do you have a blog? Cause I'd love to follow it!
ReplyDeleteI may wanna buy some good shoes before I hurt myself. :-)
I'm SO incredibly jealous! Soak up all the culture you can for me!
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