I Forgot I Had This!!

Alright folks, now seeing as the last one of these left off at my arriving in Florence, this is a bit of a gap that I'm creating in my experiences here, so I'm going to do my best to sum up the past month and few days in what is undoubtedly the greatest understatement in the history of mankind:

• Florence. is. amazing.

Seriously, from the moment I got to this city to the very second that finds me tapping the keyboard, I can completely and honestly say that I have been just as, if not more than, happy and comfortable here I would be back home. In my creative writing class I've listened to works by my classmates that talk about their feelings of homesickness, alienation in a foreign country, or just plain culture shock.  I expected at least a small amount of one of these things, but nothing happened. I just clicked. Italy was like the missing puzzle piece for my life.  

I fell into a daily routine here like I never have before, getting a cappuccino on the way to class, getting a panino con bollito for lunch, stopping at the market to buy dinner.  I can entirely see myself doing this for the next 50-60 years if I didn't have that lovely ball and chain that is America on my ankle.  

Since this is technically school, I guess I'll run down the dreaded class list for you....

• Creative Writing: Surprisingly, I thought Italy would give me inspiration, but it's actually taking it away (hence my not keeping up with this). My subconscious is more interested on seeing and experiencing the city than writing about it, and I can't say I don't consciously agree. 
• Music and Film: Very cool actually, but I can't take it when someone pauses Casablanca every 2 seconds to explain something..a quality film shouldn't be stopped, it's like eating a gourmet meal cold...
• Masters of Italian Cinema: Why did I do this, I'm drowning in a sea of film snobs looking into every single detail...."No I don't know what that one pebble symbolizes, I'm just here to enjoy the effing movie!!" 
• WWII History: First day in class I watched a video where Hitler and Mussolini rode through a parade on the street right outside my classroom window...Very cool/weird/interesting/surreal
• Italian: A bit self explanatory, ehh?...You learn more on the street or in a market than you ever do in a classroom.

OK......thats a bit of a brief vignette into my Florentine life, if you want a excerpt of how I think the Ponte Vecchio is sooooo beautiful, or the Duomo is sooooooo amazing, there's plenty of those types of blogs around.....I've got bigger arancini to fry