June 17, 2010
I think today is the first time I actually felt a bit rushed and full of mandtory things to do since I've gotten to Italy - which is crazy because that shocked me - and made me realize being busy can be unnesscarily stressful! I just realized that having so much to do in such little time is frazzling! This makes me think that this is a concept I need to bring back to the states - I'm either just doing little things ahead of time so I don't have to worry about the last minute rush or not doing them at all - or just not setting myself to take on so much or just going about it with a relaxed attitude. I mean, since coming here, I find myself to be a lot less frazzled at times and "needing" to do things…which makes sense because barely anything (excpet for churchbells I should say) are ever exactly one time! There have been so many instances where we are running around all stressed thinking the tour will leave in exactly 3.25 minutes - ahh run! So we do, only to find out that we don't even have to leave until 15 minutes after the set time - I think that "tutti va bene" (it's all good) is a little mantra that I wanna take back with me. I mean, yes, I have an 8 page paper on Women in Ancient Sparta I have to write for Monday when I get back from Florence that I havent' even started yet (gulp) but…VA BENE!
Anyway, yesterday, our ancient mediterannean civilizations class , we went to the vulci excavation site - that was really coool…I mean, being able to see all the great things that we see in documentaries and text books!
Today though…well, here we are in Florence!
Florence is absolutely gorgeous…and such a wonderful adventure…how do I describe this?
Hmm…ok, well, here are some pictures and I'll get right back to that! (the school is going to close soon which shuts of any internet access!)
A domani!
That really reminds me of when my sis studied in Sevilla for the semester and she felt the exact same thing about time and the whole lifestyle about not always being on the go and not being so rush-rush like we are in the US. They always said "no pasa nada" like no big deal- totally similar to yours :) Dang, it must be those Mediterranean countries that know how to really live.
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