Vogue, Yoga and more awesomeness
Ciao!!
I hope you are all waking up to a beeeeautiful morning and enjoying, what I hope is nice crisp fall air. Fall is most definitely my favorite season, I love everything about leaves changing color and dropping off of the trees, the brisk cool air that only just bites your nose when the wind picks up...... Certainly, it has been an adjustment for me to live in a city. As beautiful as Firenze is, and as much as I'm loving everything about it, there just seems like something is missing.... THE TREES! and more specifically, nature itself. So today, I want to ask everyone to just appreciate any sort of natural beauty you see around you as you drive to work or school, or wherever it is you are headed!
Now, onto events from yesterday!
Last night was my first yoga class! It was honestly the best thing that I could have ever decided to do while here in Firenze. It was so relaxing and just the perfect thing I needed to give myself a moment to take a step back and breathe. Our instructor seems extremely knowledgeable about the subject and although she started from the basics, over the course of the weeks that we spend with her, the classes will get harder. For me, joining yoga will give me a nice outlet to release any and all stress. I absolutely, 200% recommend to anyone who has not tried yoga to give it a chance! My favorite type of yoga is hot yoga (which, you can tell by the name means that you are literally doing yoga in a room that's about 110 degrees), but there are all different types of yoga that you can do. Even if you just try it once, I can guarantee you'll feel just a little bit better! But enough of my tangent there! The class was great and made me feel awesome and I'm so looking forward to returning next week to see what new things we do!
After yoga class, I headed back to my apartment to make some dinner and get a little bit of work done before heading out to Vogue's Fashion Night out with the girls in my apartment (Marissa, Kelsey, Angie, Brittany and Katherine). Although I've never been that into fashion or understood all the hype about it, I can still appreciate the fact that it literally means the world to some people. The event was a lot cooler than I expected it to be....well, really, I just didn't know what to expect. Just beyond the Duomo, Firenze literally was transformed. Walking down the streets there were professional models standing outside some of the stores modeling some clothing, there was music, bright lights, all the shops were open and it seemed like everywhere I looked there was something new and exciting going on. I have to say the event was pretty cool. The picture above is me and the girls from the apartment posing with one of the models who was handing out masquerade masks to people as a promotional event. My friend Kelsey is really into fashion, so for her it was like Christmas morning, and just to see how much she enjoyed the event and how amazed she was, made the experience even that much better. I truly believe that I have experienced a once in a life-time event and the memory of it will certainly stay with me for years to come!
After all the excitement of yesterday, I'm dragging a little bit this morning! I have a jam-packed schedule today before I can really settle down and get ready for a (hopefully) very relaxing weekend! The only major thing on the itinerary for this weekend is our day trip to Bologna! Fingers crossed (and maybe a prayer dance to the sun gods too, if you're up for it) that it won't rain on Saturday! Today is a bit rainy and cloudy outside which won't do much to help give me some energy! After my Holocaust class, it's study for my first Italian quiz before my 12:00 class, then class until 2:30, more studying and getting homework done, heading to the API office to sign up for the next cultural event and then my quiz at 6:00 before I can finally relax for the rest of the night! Phew!!
Well, I'll stop chewing your ear off now.....(can you even say that through a blog?... maybe it's I'll stop tiring your eyes out now with my rants...better)
I hope everyone has an amazing day today!
Ciao!
la vita e bella!
I hope you are all waking up to a beeeeautiful morning and enjoying, what I hope is nice crisp fall air. Fall is most definitely my favorite season, I love everything about leaves changing color and dropping off of the trees, the brisk cool air that only just bites your nose when the wind picks up...... Certainly, it has been an adjustment for me to live in a city. As beautiful as Firenze is, and as much as I'm loving everything about it, there just seems like something is missing.... THE TREES! and more specifically, nature itself. So today, I want to ask everyone to just appreciate any sort of natural beauty you see around you as you drive to work or school, or wherever it is you are headed!
Now, onto events from yesterday!
Last night was my first yoga class! It was honestly the best thing that I could have ever decided to do while here in Firenze. It was so relaxing and just the perfect thing I needed to give myself a moment to take a step back and breathe. Our instructor seems extremely knowledgeable about the subject and although she started from the basics, over the course of the weeks that we spend with her, the classes will get harder. For me, joining yoga will give me a nice outlet to release any and all stress. I absolutely, 200% recommend to anyone who has not tried yoga to give it a chance! My favorite type of yoga is hot yoga (which, you can tell by the name means that you are literally doing yoga in a room that's about 110 degrees), but there are all different types of yoga that you can do. Even if you just try it once, I can guarantee you'll feel just a little bit better! But enough of my tangent there! The class was great and made me feel awesome and I'm so looking forward to returning next week to see what new things we do!
After yoga class, I headed back to my apartment to make some dinner and get a little bit of work done before heading out to Vogue's Fashion Night out with the girls in my apartment (Marissa, Kelsey, Angie, Brittany and Katherine). Although I've never been that into fashion or understood all the hype about it, I can still appreciate the fact that it literally means the world to some people. The event was a lot cooler than I expected it to be....well, really, I just didn't know what to expect. Just beyond the Duomo, Firenze literally was transformed. Walking down the streets there were professional models standing outside some of the stores modeling some clothing, there was music, bright lights, all the shops were open and it seemed like everywhere I looked there was something new and exciting going on. I have to say the event was pretty cool. The picture above is me and the girls from the apartment posing with one of the models who was handing out masquerade masks to people as a promotional event. My friend Kelsey is really into fashion, so for her it was like Christmas morning, and just to see how much she enjoyed the event and how amazed she was, made the experience even that much better. I truly believe that I have experienced a once in a life-time event and the memory of it will certainly stay with me for years to come!
After all the excitement of yesterday, I'm dragging a little bit this morning! I have a jam-packed schedule today before I can really settle down and get ready for a (hopefully) very relaxing weekend! The only major thing on the itinerary for this weekend is our day trip to Bologna! Fingers crossed (and maybe a prayer dance to the sun gods too, if you're up for it) that it won't rain on Saturday! Today is a bit rainy and cloudy outside which won't do much to help give me some energy! After my Holocaust class, it's study for my first Italian quiz before my 12:00 class, then class until 2:30, more studying and getting homework done, heading to the API office to sign up for the next cultural event and then my quiz at 6:00 before I can finally relax for the rest of the night! Phew!!
Well, I'll stop chewing your ear off now.....(can you even say that through a blog?... maybe it's I'll stop tiring your eyes out now with my rants...better)
I hope everyone has an amazing day today!
Ciao!
la vita e bella!
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