Florence

So, i just got back from florence, which was INCREDIBLE!! i took my 8gb chip thingy for my camera, and guess what- my camera didnt like it. so missa, saving my life not only had an extra battery for me but an extra memory card. i love her! i need my package like asap if that even comes, knock on wood it does.
either way.....florence was amazing. before i forget i saw a synogogue, the onyl one in florence go figure. apparently there are like 1000 jews but not all religious. it was bout in the 1800's and still stands originally today. its absolutly beautiful. it has a dome and some features of a church because 1 jew and 2 catholic architechs built it...so the christains put in an organ and that thing thats like where some high up person sits thats a circle with stairs...sorry i dnt know what its called, anyways the stained glass was soooo pretty and so where the walls. they wldnt let us bring anyting in so no pictures :-(. but they had a little museum from ww2 that either survived that or the flood in 1966. they had the smallest and cuttest sidors and teffilin and tallis. the nazis kinda took over for a little, but didnt destroy anything cuz they thought there were gunna be treasures and jewels and all they found was a torah and they were like ehhh, which is why everything is original and all. it also is hard to find because unlike ANY church in florence (or anywhere) its wsnt like off a nice park area or plaza, it was kinda hidden in buildings and streets. so ya, that was awesome!
so the second coolest thing in florence was the biggest lindt ball i have everrrr seen. ever, like ever. just go on facebook, its amazing.
sooo everything really was cool... when we first got there friday morning we dropped our bags at the hostel and went on the free walking tour, we went into an incredible castle and passed many. apparently florence is just so awesome and castley- i love it! also they had these wine doors, a bar wouldnt be inside, it was a little mailbox door u slipped ur money in and got wine in return. hehe
so then in the rain we walked around and saw so many amazing leather stores-not huge luck for me, i found a wonderful pair of boots that were rahter expensive but iv never felt better leather in my life- i had no time to try any on, sooo oh well. when the right time comes ill find boots.
they also have this bridge thats been there forever and has all these gold/jewlery stores on it, no other store is allowed some guy made it a rule...apparently it used to be butchers/delis and it would smell bad so ya. only jewelry.
we then hiked up a billion stairs to this park- michaelangelo park with a few of florence. the entire city. the city is actually rather small we were able to walk everywhere. it was sooo pretty. so then in the pouring rain we made our way back the hostel and ate dinner for there for free- it was pasta and sauce. it was yummy. esp for free, and a lot of pasta.
so we woke up suppper early sat morning to go see david and the ufizzi gallery which has many famous painting and of jesus and stuff, since i am in italy. david was incredible, the museum was fun too. i ran into one of my friends from class and her friends- they are the nicest girls in the world, i really hope we can hang out here!
so before ufizzi and after david, some of the girls and i walked around florence, florence is SO nice to walk around. everything looks sooo old and the castles are awesome and thats when i saw the giant lindt ball and got ferrero roche chocolate things but all dark chocolate, yummy.
so after ufizzi we walked around for a little and went back to the awesome park for nonrainy clear beautiful pictures.
thenn we went to the church croce where lots of famous dead ppl are burried, like galileo and michael diangelo annd a statue of liberty thingy. it was pretty cool.
all the churches we saw were very pretty (but the synogoue was the best, not to be biased or antyhing). it was fun to walk into one, felt comforting...i really need to go to the one here. my friend kept telling me to speak hebrew to them, which i would if it was like a rabbi but just because someone is in a synogogue dsnt mean they speak hebrew....ha maybe ill try the one in rome. i also found a koshermart, kosher restaurant and chabad near the temple. i got bamba from the koshermart. :-D
soooo also friday night (sorry this is out of order) we went to the markets where they had a ton of leather stuff and gadgets and stuff, and i got a really pretty purple scarf finally, i haggled it down...:-D my good israeli haggling skills came to use. i got my sisters something, but u know- they will have to wait and see. it was lots of fun minus all the creepy men whistling and saying things. ew.
ok so back to sat night, we went to this restuarant called Za-Za. it was sooo good, it was authentic, homemade italian restuarant where lots of famous people, like ben affleck and otherss had come. the food was incredible and the wine (house) was deliciousss. so it was overall a really good day and meal. after that we went back to the hostel kinda late, cuz we ate dinner for a while. some of my friends went to a bar, some of us got gelato and went to bed early. yes i ate way too much junk food there. but at least for breakfast i was able to order a number 5, no bacon, no cheese and just eggwhites. ha, they prob thougth i was crazy. but it was free. yayy!
sooo sat morning we woke up and my friend and i went to the synogogue since we cldnt go in sat night- which i was tryin to catch havdalah for. not like i go to services all the time, but its been 3 weeks without stepping in one, not being fully surrounded by jews and not going near a hillel. so i have a huge urge to go. maybe in munich? haha
soo after that we walked around for a while. oh we also passed the duemo so many times, we never went up cuz all there is is a view, which we got from the park. so we saved money. but ya, that was florence. :-D
it was def lots of fun!

i dnt think much happened before i left, thurs i stayed up all night. on wed i had my other art class and we went to the capital museums which had amazing statues and stuff. too much info to even try to tell you guys anything, but it was cool. im liking the mythodogy stuff w/ g-ds, very intersing. jesus, no offense, not so much. esp since here all the pictures of jesus show details of him bleeding. just not my cup of tea. i rather see g-ds looking happy or something. or the cupid psyche statue where they are going to kiss. thats cute, yay love!

so glad i dnt have classes monday, but i have lots of hw, need to go food shopping and meet up with one group for a group project.
next weekend im going to munich, it was thea cheapest and easiest thing to book last minute. who knew vienna and like madrid or berlin are a billion bucks?

im just so excited i have something every weekend and i wanna keep it up. this way i always have something to look forward to and i can already feel like it will go by fast. hopefully, i fully plan on still booking and going everywhere. so far i think ill do capri/serrento or greece during spring break. and hopefully milan, barcelona, vienna and paris. im already going to tuscany and pompeii for sure, as well as venice for carnivale which will be amazing and interloken to celebrate my 21st bday freezing with my whole woredrobe layered on me in the alps!!! yayy!