Today was the first official day of class! Beforehand, some of the girls in our apartment did a bit of exploring. Our neighbourhood is amazing. Down the street in one direction is the Duomo, and in the other is Santa Maria Novella, both famous churches. There are large piazzas everywhere filled with beautiful statues, including a replica of Michelangelo's David. Everywhere you turn the art and architecture is overwhelmingly astounding.
After a morning of adventuring (having rested up from travelling with a 14hr nap), we made our way to Centro Firenze, where our schooling is being held for the next month. An introductory session outlined the next few weeks of coursework, and was followed up by a seminar on Dante's Divine Comedy. It's so incredible to be studying the literature of Florentines in their native cities, centuries after they lived and breathed there. Tomorrow we will be touring Dante's actual neighbourhood, where he lived until his exile in 1300.
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