March 18th "what a wonderful relaxing day"

Friday March 18^th was our last full day in Italy; ISA had a whole day tour planned for us but because of how exhausted we all were the tour got cutted off to only three hours. The most important thing we visited was the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, really big cathedral located in Piazza del Duomo, in Florence. This basilica was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunellechi.The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed. The cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, whose archbishop is currently Giuseppe Betori. After a little bit of history we decided to go to the top of the church, which takes 486 steps. It was not a comfortable feeling to go up so many steps with no time to rest, the steps were small and the space it is much tied, some claustrophobics would not be able to make it to the top. After reaching the top of the church a view of Florence blew me away, every single building in Florence was visible, it was truly breathtaking. After our tour we all had different things to do, some people had to finish shopping, others just had to sleep a bit and I had to call my bank to report my debit card which I lost the night before. After reporting my card I had the chance to talk to my family and sleep in the hotel. The weather was hot and for the first time in the entire week there was no rain, a very good day to enjoy the Independence Day festivities but sadly our stay in Florence was almost over and we had to get ready for departure. That night we had dinner with the whole group (ISA and professors) and talked about our favorite parts of the trip, after dinner some of the guys decided they wanted to go out for one last time but the majority of us decided to stay in, do our luggage, have a few glasses of wine and just relax. It was a good last night.