Wonderful Weekend!

WOW!
Italy is seriously amazing...but I have been running around and packing as much as possible into each day that I am exhausted!! This weekend was great though! Yesterday a group of girls and I took the train to Pisa! It was my first train ride ever and I was quite excited!!
Pisa was beautiful. It was a much calmer and seemed to be less touristy city. It was crowded around the tower and Miralce Square but after we explored there for a while, we wandered other streets and it was so fun! The tower was in fact, still leaning and I realy was impressed with it!
While we were wandering the streets and checking otu shops, etc. we passed a street vendor that had several brightly colored carved animals. I spotted a really cute little owl and was pumped! I asked the vendor how much. He told me 12 euro...I said No grazie and walked on...he quickly told me he could drop to 10 and I still said No! He asked how much I had and I lied and told him I only had 5 euro. He quickly put the owl in a bag, handed it to me and said OK 5! I sheepishly pulled out my 10 euro bill, reminded him he said 5, we both laughed and he gave me change for the owl!! I was soo excited about my first heckling purchase! My friends were impressed too! haha
Today we went to an English speaking church and it was exactly what I needed! It was such an amazing diverse congregation! I loved it! The church itself was so pretty! The time during the service where we recited the Lord's Prayer was particularly special. Everyone spoke the prayer in their native language, and I was just completely moved! I felt God so much at the moment in that amazing church with so many people with different backgrounds and stories. It was quite refreshing!
Speaking of refreshing, it rained today and we really needed it! It helped cool things down a lot!
We went to a soccer game this afternoon too!! It rained on us for a little while, but eventually let up! The game was soo great!! THe fans here are so intense!!
AHH ok, the internet cafe card i have just told me i only have 5 minutes left so I am going to have to close...
but I will post again soon with more details and pictures!!
Oh yeah class starts tomorrow and I am really excited!!
Ciao!!