The Duomo & the first taste of gelato !

Helloo everyone!
     So, this is my first entry in Florence! First thoughts? Honestly, I'm not very impressed yet- or as wowed as I thought I'd be. It really reminds me a lot of La Puebla, Mexico so I think it's really sucking the joy out of seeing everything here. The architecture is very similar, just a lot less colorful. It was raining when we got in yesterday night, so that didn't help at all :( It's very "brown and green" as Katie Hale describes it.
     I saw the Duomo- it's HUGE! and it looks really fake! haha. A lot of it is painted, shutters and all that stuff, so it looks like a painting or drawing to me. eh. But it is really nice. The roomies and I also went scavenging in La Pietra gardens, which is part of our 55 acre campus and it's really nice. I can't wait to see it in the springtime.
     The people here are pretty nice, sorry, but I haven't taken any pictures yet. Mee Young (roomie) did, but i'll be sure to bring my camera out tomorrow or something. There's a lot of little steps and I constantly seem to be falling off and scaring myself to death, I keep looking at the ground when I walk now--which is also quite dangerous. The streets are SUPER NARROW and these vespas and cars zoom by crazy fast. Pedestrians really don't have the "right of way" when walking so if you're not careful, they'll seriously run you over and not be fazed by it, hah.
      mmm, so gelato- I had the stracciatella, which is basically vanilla & chocolate chip ice cream but not, and it was really creamy and delicious! I tried Mee's Tiramisu flavor too, pretty good! And they served it with these cute little clear, plastic and flat spoons, mine was blue :) The cone was really crispy and light, not like the ones from baskin robbins. It was sure tasty. Mee young wants to try all the flavors by the time we leave and I may just do that with her!
      The walk from campus is really about 35-40 minutes which I can probably shorten....just gotta find a better route and memorize it!
       Hmm....soo....I think that's about it for now...other than my adapter not working and the bed being so soft, I felt like I was sleeping on a water bed, oh! and my boots being muddily destroyed already, it's been alright. I hope I'll discover more beauty soon!

Ciao! :)
-Jamie