To the left is Villa Ulivi,
where most of my classes take place and the middle pic is the view from
one of the classrooms (it awesome!), overlooking the valley of the
campus onto Villa Natalia, where I have lunch and where most of the
freshmen reside.  To the right is the Piazza Della Signoria, where
the Plazzo Vehicco and the Uffizi museum is.  I hang out here all
the time with the statues.  They're replicas of the originals, but
the atmosphere is freakin' awesome.  Around the corner is a
gallery with statues of the great artists.  There's one of
Donatello and of Leonardo.

The
left pic is from a garden near campus overlooking Florence. 
Tourists don't come here because it's a bit away from the touristy
areas, so it's all ours.  Next are some of my new
buddies.  They're good people. 
Then of course, the Duomo, in the center of everthing, and finally on
the far right, yours truly, lookin' good in the middle of a road
flanked by these
awesome Cypresses (not sure if that's how they're spelled) in the
middle of campus.  Anyways, wish all of you were here so I
wouldn't feel so old.  Peace!     

   My new laptop is
giving me crap with the SD memory chip from my camera, so pics will be
a bit longer, but just take my word that this place is an eyeful. 
I'm situated in a homestay with an Italian family, the Brazzinis, which
is really just an old grandmother that makes breakfast and dinner for
me and the other dude, my buddy Chris.  She doesn't speak a word
of English and neither of us speak any Italian, but thanks to my trusty
electronic translator and my ingenuity plus my awesome dancin' skillz,
we manage.  I'm learning a lot though.  I got my own room,
and since I was the first there, I got to choose, so I have a balcony
in my room.  Yes yes, don't hate.  By the way, they seem to be a
pretty well off family, so it's like I'm living on fifth ave or
something.  The Brazzinis also operate a few cafes around Florence, so
everytime our hostess doesn't feel like cooking, we'd have dinner at her
cafe, where one of her waiters named Nunzio, yes, Nunzio (that's such an awesome name) can translate a bit for
us.  It seems she works weekends, so saturdays and sundays we dine
out.  It's freaking awesome!

   The NYU campus
is something of a gem itself.  "La Pietra," that's the name of the
mansion that was donated to NYU.  I have one class there, and
they're pretty strict about that place since it's basically a private
museum.  There's also this really nice garden behind it, but it's
off limits.  I'll probably get a chance to check it out one of
these days, but in the mean time, the rest of the campus is enough for
me to explore.  Oh Oh!  And on a separate note, NYU is now
considered an Ivy League School!  I'm an Ivy League student! 
How 'bout dat!  I smart now!

   Anyways, that's it for now, hope I can show off some pics next time.  Peace!