To whom it may concern...

 This is my first Florence blog entry! Apparently its the best way (next to facebook) to keep in contact with people from home. Well, I don't leave for another two weeks and six days. So unfortunately I don't have any exciting stories to share yet. This is just the set-up post. I'm still in Madison finishing up my exams this week and then coming home to celebrate my 21st birthday and then christmas shortly after that. 

 I still can't believe how fast this semester went and I will be living in Italy in less than a month. Even though I'm beyond excited to go, I'm going to miss good old Wisconsin. The longest I've ever been out of the country is two weeks so it will definitely be an adjustment. 

 The 30 other Wisconsin students, 30 Michigan students, the professors, and myself will be staying in a villa just outside of Florence. We will have classes there as well so it will be a very unique living experience. I'm only signed up for on Florentine Art History class right now but hopefully I'll be able to get into more. Along with art history I'm taking a Shakespeare, film, and italian class. 

I don't really know what else I can say for the time being. I will update hopefully soon after I arrive in Florence!