Wow, a whole week since my last post.
I definitely am desensitized I think, even when I'm writing in my journal at night there isn't as much magic in what im saying. Every day when I'm walking past the Duomo here in Florence that pretty much kicks me in the pants and puts me back in my place - if at least only for a few hours.
This week we went to a lot of museums and places around Florence. We saw a lot of really famous artworks by Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello...pretty much all the ninja turtles and then some. It was so odd for me, to be standing in front of paintings like The Birth of Venus - these artworks that have always been in textbooks, and most likely in black and white photocopies, and to see them in person. They have this glow to them when you see them in person, it's hard to explain I guess. I saw the big time though, the self portrait of Leonardo Davinci...wow...It's like on an 8x10 piece of paper or something like that, but I just stared at it for a good 20 minutes. His lines, so few when you think about it, describe so much...amazing.
I've gone out alot this past week. There's a discoteque just down the road from us and it's a fun place - has kareoke and a lounge downstairs and a dancefloor upstairs...ooh and the whole bar is a fishtank. We also went to some outdoor concerts throughout the city...there's always something going on at night, you basically just have to follow your ears, or your nose depending on what you plan on doing.

11 days till i come home, I think I'm almost ready to go home - but I'm excited for spending out last couple days in Venice.