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I tried to wake up early today because we had planned on meeting at 12. I thought that was late, but when the alarm went off, then went off again, I reset it for an hour or so later. I was really tired from the lack of sleep the previous day. I had planned on stopping by a museum that I saw on the way to the hostel last night about Galileo, but sleep took precedence.

After another shower, I headed over to Lizzy’s place at around 11. I took the entire twenty minute walk without a map or directions, proving once again that I can’t get lost in a place I’ve been before. Mom and Dad will reluctantly attest to this. I was still there early, so I started wondering around the area where she lived. I found a ton of great statues, buildings, and shops, but I had no idea what they were. I tried to get some pictures of all this, and I’ll get those up soon. Turns out they were all quite famous.

At 12, I texted the ladies, but they told me they’d be another forty-five minutes. I decided to grab a panini and took wondered around some more before finally meeting them outside their place at 1ish. We went to grab some more food, as they hadn’t eaten yet.

The rest of the day we wandered around the city going to both of the markets and spending lots of time at them. I was fairly bored at these, but we’re here for a bit of time and we did get to see a lot of the city. We’re planning on doing the more touristy things later in the week. I was amazed at the number of shops and things to buy in the markets. Four blocks long and branching, they were pretty impressive.

We did stop to get some gelato, which is not only everywhere in Firenze, but absolutely delicious. It is their own ice-cream. If you’re here it will be hard to resist anyway, but you should absolutely grab a cup or two of it.

It was amazing how many Americans were here. I don’t know if there were that many, or if they just stood out by speaking English, but they were seemingly everywhere. We’re also easy to pick out.

I was wearing my Jägermeister shirt (That I got free at a bar…) today mostly because its one of the few warm weather shirts that I have. I was aware that it was ridiculous the whole day, but on the way back to the hostel, some Italian people stopped me and complimented me on the shirt. I was pretty happy about it.

Let’s go Michigan State! God, I hate the Tar Heels. Don’t you love how everybody hates the Big Ten? When will it stop? I guess when we win again…