florence, finally

We made it to florence without an apartment yesterday. the apartment that was rented and payed for since november, the girl that was staying there got hit by a car apparently and had surgery but it didnt work so her parents came over and the apartment owner let her stay even though we had it rented...so we apartment shopped with a rental agency person and it still wasnt clear what was going to happen so we just stayed in one apt and today moved to a completely different one. its smaller and not as nice but itll do :) florence is a lot bigger than i thought it would be. more busy and taller buildings. i was expecting something more quaint. today we climbed to the top of the duomo which has the largest dome in the world i think...the view was great! you could see the red roofs of florence and then the green hills beyond it. pictures to come. its weird to get in the mindset of staying in one place for a while but i think it will be really nice to not be moving all the time.