After a rough morning - getting up at 5 am to get on a plane is never fun, especially after the continuous yelling from the Inter Milano victory - I'm finally in the process of setting in to live here at Villa Natalia for then next 3 weeks. I flew from Reggio to Roma, then took a gorgeous Eurostar express train to Florence, which all in all only took about an hour and a half. The NYU villa is only about 15 minutes outside of the main part of Florence, but it's not exactly an exciting, breathtaking walk to get there.
The villa on the other hand is magical. The rooms are exactly what you'd expect from dorm rooms, but with airy ceilings and overlooking a field of blooming olive trees. The big orange building is our dorm. Pretty standard, huh? :)
I have 2 roommates, but we have plenty of room to spread out (at least for now) and though there isn't any wifi, they do supply you with a ratty ethernet cord. At least it works.
Tonight we are headed to a local restaurant to taste some of the foods described in the assigned readings previous to the course - it will be delicious, I'm sure, but I'm even more sure that they are foods I have probably consumed in copious amounts already on the trip. It's a good thing it's almost impossible for me to get sick of carbohydrate or pork based products.
Oh, and there's an espresso machine in the lobby. I'm twitching already.
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