top of the duomo, field trips to tuscany and chianti...oh my! part 1

sorry its been a couple of days since i last posted on my blog soo i am going to try and hopefully remember everything! soo on wednesday i had class till 12 and since it was the celebration of the birth of mary (sept. 8) the duomo opens up on the terrace up top for free!..its only open this one day this whooole year..so it was pouring rain and we stood in line for about 15 minutes and walked up toons of steps and finally made it to the top..once we got there it was breathtaking..it was almost like an adrenaline rush being up so high and seeing the beauty all around me..i was also able to go into the duomo for a few minutes (usually costs about 8 euros) and it was amazing too! we stayed up on the terrace for about thirty minutes just looking and being in awe of this amazing city! we also called one of our roommates who were home and had them go up on the terrace and we could see them! so that was pretty cool..then we had to walk all the way down the stairs but luckily the rain had stopped so it wasn't slippery anymore...then i decided that i wanted to get my haircut..i have always wanted to get it cut since i got here and i figured it was about time! i had talked to a friend who studied abroad here a few years ago and told me of a place to go by the ponte vecio (the bridge with the stores on top)..so i just started walking over there..had no clue where to go and asked a few people and one lady told me go right down the street and ask for marco..he is AAMAZING! she also said tell him that i sent you and he will give you a discount..so i went down the street and to the right and walked inside this huuge salon..with all locals and only a few that spoke english..pretty intimidating..so i talked to the lady at the front desk, asked for marco and she said ten minutes..so ten minutes later i was brought to the back of the saloon, got my hair washed by one girl and then was sat down in a chair in the front...a tall, muscular man in tight white jeans, and a black shirt with a leather jacket came from behind and said mi chiamo marco, parli italiano? (my name is marco, do you speak italian?) i said no and a girl came to translate for me..i kind of told him what i wanted and then she told him and then he basically said this is best for you and just started cutting..he was just soo serious while he was cutting it was pretty entertaining..i am just used to the supercuts lady who pretty much guesses on my cut so this was a change for me! haha so then he cut my hair and basically just walked away..then another person came to style my hair..and she was putting gels in it, blow drying it and marco would come back every once and a while and like check and make sure that it was being done the way he wanted..it was pretty fun! so i got the hair did and absooolutely looove it! its such a good cut and layered amazingly i love it! i honestly can't wait for my hair to grow longer so i can go back to marco! haha i wish i could post pictures on this but it doesn't let me!