It's a Beautiful Day

Take your pick: I'm either quoting U2 or Queen. I have to admit, I prefer the U2 version. Don't hate me!

I woke up obscenely early (for a Sunday morning) today. My alarm began sounding right at 6:45am. I really didn't want to pry myself out of bed at that time; I was warm and comfortable and was in the middle of a good dream.

However, I'd decided the night before that I wanted to spend more time out-and-about in Firenze. Specifically, I'd decided that I would wake up before sunrise, go up to Piazzale Michelangelo to watch the sunrise, and then go on a run around the city before it got to be too bustling with action.

I'm so glad that I stuck to my plan and went for my early morning run! I'm not one to forgo sleep... so after I returned from my run, I went back to bed. I know, I know, that's disgusting that I climbed back into my bed after going for a run. It's my bed though!

This afternoon, I wrote my thing for ICLP (whoops, I know that was late!), caught up on my blog entries from last week, and did my Italian homework. I then went back to the Boboli Gardens to study for the exam I have on Tuesday in Italian Politics.

The gardens are such a beautiful place to study; I'm thankful that they're so nearby. The wait to enter the gardens (between waiting in line to get my ticket, and then to enter) was only about ten minutes long, which isn't bad at all! I love love love that I have a "friends of uffizi" card, so I don't have to pay to enter each time. Ten euros a pop would really add up. I think I'm going to try to go the gardens three times a week!