Residence Palazzo Ricasoli Florence

Apparently, the internet at the hotel is 100 euro per month, which is almost $200 in American money. Since us poor law students can't afford that, we haven't had internet for the last few days. I will be able to access at school, so I'll try to keep up as much as possible. I arrived in Florence on Thursday night. I stayed at a bed and breakfast and had a delicious croissant (filled with chocolate) for breakfast. On Friday, I went to the hotel where the students are staying and checked in. Mos...

We had our first day of classes at the Florence School of Law. It is a nice school, but definitely not on par with American schools. Most of the students brought their laptops along to class to take notes (including yours truly). Unfortunately, there was only 1 outlet in the entire room to plug in the laptops. So, I am using the last hour of my laptop power in class to make sure that I write my blog while I have the internet. The internet at our hotel is outrageously priced, and can only be u...

We've now had a few days of class, and lots of time to get to know the city.  We've walked around a lot and stopped many many times for gelato (italian ice cream).  It's very good, and they even sell it on waffles with toppings and stuff.  There are little shops everywhere.  We have yet to find a Walmart or Subway, though.  The only American place that we have recognized so far is a Mailboxes etc. and a McDonald's.  However, we are a little disappointed in the McDonald's euro menu because you...

Ok, so it's been awhile so you have a lot to catch up. I had an extra long weekend this week, and no computer to keep you updated. Hopefully it will be some interesting reading and you won't get too bored. So here we go. Friday: Friday we had early classes so that we would have a longer weekend. Classes are boring, so there is nothing to tell you about that. After class, we all head back to the hotel. Some people left to go on their trips right away, and some of us waited until Saturday morni...

This is our last week of classes and final exams are coming up fast. Today is our last day of classes before we take our exams tomorrow. We have three handwritten exams in a row, each two hours long. Yesterday, was somewhat uneventful. We slept in late until it was time for class, endured through hours of boring classes and returned home around 5:30. I went to dinner with Amber, Becca and a bunch of the Dickinson group at a nice Italian restaurant that is close to the Mexican place where we a...

When we landed last night, our luggage came out quickly, and we needed to get money out of the ATM. We saw a machine outside that people were crowded around that said "Automatic Cash." So we waited in line, I walked up and pressed English, and realized it was a place to pay for parking your car. Not quite what we expected. We then went to the ATM, and got out some money. We then went to the line of taxis, and told him where we were going. He laughed at our pronunciations, but got us there fa...

On Sunday, it was hard to get up in the morning because it is really dark in the room with the blinds shut, so we are going to open them up before we go to bed the next time. We all got ready, which took a while. We then walked to McDonald's to get the coffee and brioche for only a euro. We just didn't want to pay more. We then had to come back and get ready for class. Our classes for the day, since it was Sunday were in the hotel. We then just hung around a little bit and went to our first ...

When we woke up on Tuesday, we ate breakfast and got ready. We went to school, and had to rush to get lunch because we wouldn't be able to eat for four hours. I got a panini and water. We then went to class and were bored. In Environmental Law we had an exercise to present, and the professor was super impressed with us. We went home and wanted to start our homework right away because we had a lot. Alina and I ended up ignoring it, as usual. We decided to make dinner first. I made us rice and...

On Thursday we got up a little late and went to our classes. Again I couldn't get pizza at the school café. I got a water, and another panini. I am very getting tired of them. After class we walked to this American sub shop. I didn't get anything because we were planning on going out to dinner later, so I just wanted to see where it is. We then walked back to the hotel and called for reservations for the mexican restaurant again, to show other people what it was like. Alina, Becca, Adam, Ken...

We woke up a little early on Tuesday and got to school early. We got some homework done that we had not done the night before. We went to the school café for lunch. I got a cheese panini and some water. The panini was actually not that bad. We then were off to class. We had another guest speaker again today in Comparative Law. He was actually pretty good for the first half of the class, but then dwindled by the end of class. Comparative Constitutional Law was pretty interesting again today, ...