I am not a Tourist!

On Saturday I had another roommate arrive Lauren, and I just took her and Chelsea to the fresh market and then the Supermarket. When we got home I planned on walking around the Arno but it started to down pour!!! So I stayed in! And finally my friends that are studying abroad in Paris got a hold of me, so I walked to their hostel and we just sat on the terrace and caught up a little bit. But Sunday morning we planned to get up early! We meet at the front steps of the Duomo, and we were off to the Uffizi Museum,which is known for its Renaissance Art. Some rich family wanted to up show the Medici family and went broke building it and the Medici family moved in. We spent about 2 hours here,and this is something I never would have done as a kid. Once we finally got out of there we went to the Del Bargello Museum which houses Donatello's bronze David. After that little visit we went down the road to Michelangelo's house, we didn't want to pay to go in because nothing inside is original anymore but we did realize that my apartment is right around the corner! Then we went to the Salvatore Ferragamo shoe museum! Which was amazing! After that we ventured on to the Santa Maria Novella Chapel, not really sure why this chapel is important but it is, but we only walked around the outside garden. Then we headed over to the Opera Medicea Laurenziana Chapel which is where some of the Medici family is buried. And we went into this Chapel and I had to put on some blue cloth thing since I was wearing athletic shorts. There was some gorgeous paintings on the ceilings, and we walked into the basement area were the coffins are, kinda creepy. Oh I forgot that after the Uffizi museum we walked on the Ponte Vecchio bridge, which is known for retailers selling jewelry. I don't think I ve seen so much sparkle in my life! It was all beautiful and expensive! Then we rested for a little bit and meet up at 7:30 to get the best homemade gelato in town, and we watched the sunset on the bridge which was absolutely gorgeous! After that I needed some food and we ended up at this Mexican restaurant, which I was a little nervous about. All I wanted were nachos, and I did get them but their tortilla chips taste like really spicy cool ranch Doritos. Then I went home early because I had to start classes the next day!