i know this isn't monday

ok. busy busy busy. i finished my midterms. at least i know the art one's went well. :) so, tomorrow morning i leave for ISTANBUL!!!!! FOR A WEEEEEKKKK!!!! i am so excited. so so excited. so yeah, if yall don't hear from me for a week, it is because i am there. but i may try to check in. we'll see. but yes. i promise a big juicy post when i get back. but until then. last weekend i was in siena and florence. amazing trip. it was so heavy with art and information. it was basically three days of nothing but walking all over the place and seeing so much art and listening and trying to take in so much information.
this is a picture of siena. siena felt so sweet. lots of steep hills and they do the horse thing there which means that each neighborhood is decked out with their team "logo" (as it were) i wish i could have spent more time there, and i think i will go back. but from what i heard the city has such an interesting history. aside from duke-ing it out with florence all the time, they some interesting social medical economic... stuff. well said, i know. i'm always good wish the specific information...

moving on! florence.

well. the amount of art is saw in florence.... man. i felt like i was drunk on it. and len! as the bus pulled into florence i saw one of those vampire-like graffiti figures! now, i am not posting any pictures of art because.. well... i can't decide what to put up. it was so exciting! florence, while beautiful, and so much cleaner than rome didn't appeal to me as a place to want to stay for a long period of time. there was this feeling of impermanence... which may sound odd considering all of the history that creates such a rooted story for the city. but it felt like everyone there was only there in passing. now, while some of you may be thinking, oh yeah, and rome isn't full of people in passing? i say to you, yes of course rome has some of that... but, but. everyone in rome comes and goes while being surrounded by actually romans. like... people live here. roman people. and they all speak italian, rather than english. i was surprised at how annoyed i got at all the english in florence. i don't know. i can't speak that well, but i like the try damn it. and also, it is in italy! own it! but anyway...
i have to finish my laundry, and finish packing. and then! a fun night in rome before meredith and my flight bright and early in the morning!
anything anyone wants from istanbul? cause i'm planning on coming back to rome with at least one extra suitcase.
let me know before tomorrow morning!

p.s.
i stared at the statue of david for more than 2 hours. i think he breathes....
but a lot of the sculptures seemed to breathe.