This past weekend, my professor took my sustainability class to “Milan”. It took a train, two subways, and a bus to get to where we were going… which wasn’t actually Milan. It was a park outside the city. There we went on another bike tour through the woods and planted some plants. This time I didn’t see any flamingos but I did see a few peacocks (they got away before I could snap a pic)!
On Sunday, a lot of my friends were traveling to other places, so I decided to go on an excursion and check out the Boboli Gardens on the other side of the Arno River. It was a gorgeous day, even though it drizzled for a bit. When the sun was out, I was able to take a nice picture of the Pitti Palace which is located on the other side of the gardens.
Yesterday was site visit day for two of my classes. My Art History class went to the Bargello Museum and we saw 3 different sculptures of “David” that were created by Donatello and Verorocchio. They were all created by the 1500s, so they’re pretty old. Two of them were commissioned by the Medici family, who used the statues to show how powerful they were and how they could afford all of this beautiful art. We didn’t see the most famous “David”, but I will definitely see it by the end of the semester.
Later in the afternoon, my Italian class went to a perfume atelier in Santa Croce. There they showed us the process for creating artisansal perfumes from the finest of ingredients. One bottle of extract – a raw ingredient – we held cost $3,000. 
Preview: Tomorrow I will be going to Chianti with my Mediterranean Food class and we will be learning about wine classification, how wine is made, and how to pair wine with food. All highly educational activities.
Ciao Ciao!
Stephanie