Day 17 and 18: Travel day and Florence

The bus ride was around 8 hours, yet again. Once we got here we had to run out and catch the London Philharmonic play. It was really good, they were extremely talented and enthusiastic. Afterwards, I just went to sleep because it was so late. The next day had 3 hours of excruciating class, but finally we left for some museums. First we went to the Bargello and saw Donatello's David among other things. We had to write a sculptural anylisys. Jamie and I grabbed some lunch before we went on the walking tour. WE just went into some random trattoria and at pasta. I absolutely love the pasta here, who couldn't? We also ordered some tiramisu, so delicious. The waiter was incredibly nice, especially to Jamie. haha After that we did a sort of walking tour that involved the duomo. When the walking tour was over I went with Cesar, Ryan, Anaroo, and some other kids to the top. We had to wait in line for around and hour or more. It was ridiculous, but definitely worth it. In line we discussed our relations among other things and I learned a good bit about the people I was traveling with. The view was amazing. The entirety of Florence unfolded in front of you. The walk up and down was pretty treacherous, a thousand or so stairs that were in spiral corridors with barely enough room for oneself. I was so tired at the end of it. I got back to the hotel and went straight for the shower, I was disgusting. We had a welcome dinner to attend. I had, you guessed it, more pasta. I also had mozzarella and tomatoes, and some chocolate cream cake. All of which was delicious and made me incredibly full. After dinner was another story, we decided to go on a pub crawl. First I went to Cesar's room and drank a glass of champagne before going out. Cesar popped the bottle of the terrace of his hotel room launching it on to the neighboring roof. We left since Mohammad was not very pleased with what was transpiring. It was almost impossible to find the meeting point since there was a marathon in session at 10 o'clock at night. We finally found the people and proceeded to the first bar. At this bar you get unlimited drinks of beer and a pink lemonade cocktail. I had about 3 pinks. They played flip cup and landmines, causing the whole group to become severely intoxicated quickly. I played it slow though. There was this really old guy there and he was dressed really nicely. He called himself a playboy and tried to talk with all the young ladies, including me. It was immensely hilarious. Everyone was having lots of fun. We went to the next bar. This girl I know was too drunk and her boyfriend left her to go to the bathroom for a second, so of course some guy in our group had to come and try to dance with her. My instincts kicked in and I butted in for a dance. A lot of people were surprised at my chivalry, I am not one to let things go unnoticed. On to the next bar. this bar was more dancey and there was karaoke in the back. I danced with a couple of the guys. It was pretty fun, we were all just having a good time. Michael was missing his girlfriend though and lots of these kids don't know how to pace themselves. I can't be a shepherd for all, so I just watched the ones closest to me. There were plenty of strange guys on the prowl. On to the last club. The space bar. This place was the type of club you see in movies, loud music people dancing on podiums, lasers, fog machines, and half naked people in the crowd. It was pretty insane and Cesar and I got separated from the group. So we just danced for a while in the mass of bodies that was surrounding us. I was drenched with sweat, who knows from who myself or the indistinguishable blog of people. finally some of our friends called from above and we went up to the second floor. It was a lot less crowded up there and I got to watch all the guys I knew try to dance with random girls. A lot of them were unsuccessful. Finally it was getting late around 2 and we had class in the morning so we headed home. I was exhausted. Cesar got locked out of his room by Mohammad but was able to pound on the door and wake him. Once I reached my room I took a shower and passed out.