Firenze!

i made it to the wonderful Florence today! i don't have long right now, so i will do a more complete post tomorrow hopefully!
our apartment is beyond AMAZING!! it was newly renovated so everything is nice and new and clean and fresh! and there are 3 bathrooms for 6 girls! and our kitchen is huge and all brand new appliances! and we have a good size common area! and my roomie and i drew the biggest room! and when i say big i mean huge!! and our window overlooks the busy piazza del mercato centrale...one of the fun markets here. i can literally look out and see scattered ristorantes and random shops...the only thing i would change would be to get a screen for our big window to keep out the vicious pigeons. thats all. but we had a beautiful dinner tonight after our orientation from API on a terrace that overlooked the city. it was so perfect!! i am making great friends with some girls here! tomorrow we get a walking tour of florence and then another orientation for the school!
i am tired and slightly dirty from being all sweaty moving in...yes it is hot here and even though we are on the "first floor" we have to go up 4 flights of stairs to get to our apartments!
so for now i am done and more than likely tomorrow i will be able to upload pictures at the API office!!
bueno sera!
(it is close to 11:00 p.m. here!)
(bueno sera means good night)