We woke up this morning and had breakfast down in our hotel before our 9:30 walking tour of all the things we would need for school for the next two weeks! We found grocery stores, laundry mats, libraries, book stores, the police station, and some other necessities! It helped us to understand how to get around! After this, we went to the Richmond study center and played two ice breaker games to get to know some more people! For one of them, we were given balloons and had to build a tower out of them. It had to be tall, creative, and have a story to go along with it! Ours was very pretty but not very tall so I ended up wearing it as a hat and represented the Roman goddess of love and we got third place :) Our prize was keychain flashlights!! It was hilarious. The winning team did the leaning tower of Trump... their story was that Trump will become president and tear down landmarks and build his own in honor of himself. It was hilarious!! After this we walked down to a little restaurant and had a delicious lunch! I have figured out that Italians like to eat a lot of courses and the portions are huge!! Just the first course fills me up like a normal complete meal! After lunch, we walked to the Language Center where we had a presentation by a undercover police officer here in Florence who told us anything and everything you would want to know about the city and its safety. Then our directors explained a few things to us. By that time it was 5pm and so we set out to the drug store for shampoo and other bathroom stuff. We also stopped and got wine, cheese, and grapes at the grocery store. We always take the most scenic routes home because it is so gorgeous here! After running errands we just hung out in my room until dinner at 8pm which again we had three courses... After dinner we all came upstairs to my room again where we shared wine, cheese, grapes, and chocolate! I sure can get used to this place! The relaxed pace and calm lifestyle that the Europeans lead has been incredible so far. They will not apologize for bumping into you on the street (actually they don't understand personal space at all) but they will take walks at sunset and sit and people watch at cafe's for hours, something I have enjoyed. Everyone is always scared of the Europeans because they are known for pick pocketing and other crimes, but we have the same crime in America and if you are conscious and aware of your surroundings then it will not affect your journey and you will learn to love the European lifestyle! I cannot wait to see how these next two weeks in Florence plays out! Another thing that I have found interesting was how easily Americans are to pick out. It seems that no matter where we go, no matter how confident we walk into a store and say "buonjourno!" or "ciao!" they still immediately know to switch to English and they ask where in the States we are from. I know accents give it away, as well as blonde hair... but Alexa's family is from Italy and they still know she is American. I'm curious to see if Rome is the same way or if since there are so many more people in Rome if we will blend in much better. Florence is only 3,000 people (I believe) so perhaps it is easy to tell a local from a tourist.