Frenzied in Florence

Ciao Tutte!!

I have had a whirlwind of a week, and it shows no signs of abating. Last week I did a presentation on Michelangelo's Madonna of the Stairs, his earliest extant work. It was great to learn so much about the work, but the presentation was on the same day as a test I had in my Botticelli class, and I also presented Botticelli's Mystic Nativity, the artist's only signed and dated work, that day. Phew. One would think after that week I would have a break, but other than Saturday (which I slept completely through) I have still be super busy. I have another presentation in my Michelangelo class, this time on his Doni Tondo (in the Uffizi) due next Tuesday. Now you might think that gives me tons of time, but.... I am going to Paris this weekend!!!!!! I am so excited, I love that city, and I get to see Mom!

She is just finishing her tour in Ghana and she is meeting me in Paris for the weekend!! I can't wait to see her, and it should be so incredible. I am ready to see something other than Renaissance art for a bit, and where better to go than Paris again?!?! I will of course post all about it next week, but for now I am working on my projects, getting very little sleep, and packing.

On a side note, I hope everyone wished my brother a Happy Birthday on February 7th, he turned 25!!! I would just like to take the chance to say hello to him in Bolivia, and wish him the best of years, because no one deserves it more than him.

That's all for now, I must get back to my boys Mike and Sandro. I hope everyone is doing well, and that if you haven't yet, you take the chance to look at some of my pictures below!!

Hugs for everyone!
Lydia

p.s. If you have any suggestions about what we should do in Paris, or great restaurants, or anything of that sort, PLEASE email me at melamed.johnson@gmail.com because if living in a foreign country has taught me anything, its that guide books do not always know the best places in town!!! Thanks, and I look forward to hearing all the suggestions!!