I have returned!!

And it is crazy fucking hot.

So before I get to that...Lucca was lovely, but I decided I didn't want to stay there for as long as I had booked. So yesterday I headed to Firenze and I'm so happy I did. In the past two years between this visit and my previous visit to Firenze I took a class on Renaissance Italy--history and art--and thanks to my new knowledge, I have a new found respect and love for Firenze. Oh, and on top of that I had just finished reading a book my dad gave me---Brunelleschi's Dome. So climbing up that dome, my feet passing over the steps used by those who labored under the dome for years and year...well, it was all like a pilgrimage for me. Very very cool. And a beautiful view.

Earlier today I made it into Rome and yea, crazy fucking hot. Thankfully I had the foresight to book a place with air conditioning. Yay! Unfortunately, it doesn't have internet however, so I may be a bit MIA for the next couple of days. It is weird being back in Rome. I'm currently in the area of where I lived and stuff has changed. Stuff has changed in the eternal city...that just seems wrong and like an oxymoron. The stores are different, it is just weird.

Weirdness aside, I am so happy to be back, though admittably I wish it wasn't in the summer. It is too hot and there are too many tourists. I long for the Rome I came to know and love. Meh. Today I went to Museo Burghese and to the surrounding park. Then I decided I would try to find my way over to where I used to live without a map...and with a few wrong turns, I made it! I'm kinda proud of myself. Tomorrow I am going to the Vatican Museums in the morning and around 7:30pm Ingrid will be coming in!! Yay!! I am so looking forward to no longer being by myself. It is lonely traveling by yourself. You want to share your joy and anger and everything with someone else.

That is all for now.

baci e amore
sarah