Is It Over Now?
Coming to you from the Florence airport! After our disappointing Friday rain delay, we had a lovely sunset with pink clouds. I left Siena yesterday since my flight back to the States is very early this morning, but 20 of my students (plus Professor E) came to say goodbye yesterday morning - some of them are pictured below! I took the bus from Siena to Florence amid another downpour, one strong enough to fell a tree on the highway. We creeped past it thanks to the help of the carabinieri patrolling the scene, and I took this nonsense picture of the tree out my window. It made me laugh. I'm not sure why. I got to the hotel that I had booked for my one little night in Florence. It was bare bones and pretty small, but just what I needed, plus a lovely view! The room was air conditioned, too, which I'm not used to at this point, so I froze all night, despite being aggressively tucked in under the blankets. Italy has changed me... I went to sleep at 6:30pm so that I would ge...