4 Months down

Well, today hit my 4 month mark here in Florence. It totally doesn't feel like 4 months here most days and then others it feels like I have been gone from home forever! I can say I have done a few more things that I wanted to, which is great, but I still have a few more to go. With that, here is my monthly what I have done and what I have left to do list. :)

The last 30 days has brought many fun things. For starters, I had my one and only visitor. Jeanette and I had so much fun together. We went to 3 museums, as well as did a wine tasting. We tried Florentine steak and visited Rome for 4 days. I also had the opportunity to go to the Netherlands to visit a friend, which was a lot of fun. I hit up two zoo's in two different countries in less than two weeks, along with an amusement park. I have eaten WAY to much deep fried food and chocolate the last 30 days, but did you notice that it still made it on my fun things I did list?!? I made 3 trips up to the town of Fiesole in hopes of hitting the market but that never once happened. I did however, end up with some nice pictures of Florence. All in all, the last 30days have been great and I look forward to the next 30.

Now for the bad or the what I haven't done yet list. I still haven't made it to a night club/bar. Now, if I don't actually make it to a club before I leave I'm not going to be heartbroken by any means. If I do make it though, it might be a fun time. I also had the misfortune of loosing a lot of money this past month. Its a bit of a long story and I did make the choice not to blog about it, but I ended up having a moment of weakness here, be it me being naive and to trusting or what, but I ended up trusting someone with a bunch of money who ended up being a scam artist (or so we believe). I was very upset about this for quiet a few days but realized that everything happens for a reason and I wasn't going to let it ruin the rest of my Italian experience. So, I picked myself up and moved on. The only other bad thing this past 30days has been the weather. It has been a very cold fall here, colder than it should be. It has been around 13-17 degrees for the last few weeks with lows being close to zero. Normally I am told it should be around the 20 degree mark so definitely colder than past years. Lets just say that I am really looking forward to the heat being turned on November 1st! :)

So, what am I looking forward to in the upcoming month? Well for starters I am going to Paris next Wednesday so that should be so much fun! I am really looking forward to it. I also will be going to Venice and possibly a few other day trips around Florence and Tuscany if I have the chance. The rest of the month will be spent just hanging out around here and enjoying my last 55 days in Europe as much as I can.