Day Three of the Lizard Watch!!!

So before I delve into the excitingness that is my life I suppose I must explain the title...for those of you who haven't read the beginning of this blog and aren't really up to date on the location of my apartment I am on the 5th floor of my building and we DO NOT have an elevator.  That means I have to walk up approximately 80 stairs every time I come back to my apartment.  Well, the past three days there has been quite the stir on the staircase (that sounds like a book title :) ), on the ceiling on the stairs before you reach the third floor landing there is a lizard just sitting there and it has been there for the past THREE DAYS!!! Granted there has been slight movement (it moved a couple of inches to the left) but other than that it has been in the same general spot...alas the lizard watch.

In other news, I had my first day of community service on Wednesday and it went really well! I got to the church 30 minutes before my shift was supposed to start at 10 but then found out that the church doesn't even open until 10 so I had to wait outside haha.  Once I got in I was a little intimidated because there was no one else from my organization there, but I signed in like I was told to and put up the "Free Tours in English" sign and next thing I know two ladies from New York were asking me for a tour! I was sure to tell everyone that I gave a tour to that day that I was a student studying in Florence and was volunteering so I might not know answers to all of the questions they asked, and it worked out because I only had to look at my information papers 4 times! I gave tours the two ladies from New York, an older couple from Houston, a couple from Lebanon, a woman from Albany, NY, a woman from Bath, England and a couple from Northern Ireland! Plus, the woman from Albany and the Irish couple both gave me 2 euro so I got 4 euro out of it! So I bought a panini from Gusta :)


This weekend I am going to Venice with Maria on Friday and Saturday and then have a field trip with my Organizational Behavior class on Sunday.  I am super excited about Venice because everyone I've talked to says that it's beautiful! Also Maria and I are planning on taking a ferry to the Murano Glass factory on Murano Island to see some authentic Venetian glass blowing! Also planning on maybe picking up a Carnivale mask while I'm there as well, just a little nervous because I heard that Venice is really expensive :/ Guess we'll see! My professor was talking about our field trip today in class and the more he said the more excited I got! Not only are we going to get to have two wine tastings at two different Tuscan wineries, but also have lunch and dinner included, with a demonstration of how Pecorino and Ricotta cheese is made, with an opportunity to have the fresh ricotta cheese right after it is done! Also we're going to Penzia, the small town where pecorino cheese was originally made; I've been wanting to go there ever since I first tried pecorino in my festivals class, but it's super difficult to get to unless you have a car.  So ya...this should be a great weekend :)


Last night Stacey and I were making plans for our trip to Dublin next weekend and we found this great day tour that shows you a ton of the Irish countryside as well as has a visit to a castle so Stacey can visit one while she's here! Other than that just planning on exploring Galway and Dublin.  Luckily we will have a sortof guide in Dublin because we are staying with a friend of the Irish girl, Clare, that I met last weekend in Palermo...I love having international friends :) 


About to head out to aperitivo with the roomies + Natalie!! It's all the way over by Santa Croce but apparently it's really good so it should be worth it! I'll post after the weekend is over, ta ta for now!