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Day 10: Florence
... that didn't stop Mom, Dad, Tom and me from walking around the whole city while CJ worked on some schoolwork. We had a late start because we putzed around the apartment a bit and Mom and Dad found a cool market where they bought us some food for the next few days. When we ventured out, we walked out to Ponte Vecchio again (can't get enough of that bridge!) and over to the other side, where we had lunch, wine, and the first cannoli of the trip. We continued along the Arno River ...
Making Noodles and Memories
... a typical regional version known as pici (pronounced pee-chee). We needed and smooshed flour and water together, joking and making friends, until each of our little blobs of dough passed muster for texture. P and I apparently were not so good at this part, and took longer than our compatriots. Fortunately, my expertise in working with children and playdough paid off when we had to roll it out into noodles, and I quickly churned out all my dough into long ...
Italian Hospitals
... at least 20 minutes faster which was nice because we were all exhausted and wanted to study a bit before bed.
All day tomorrow I plan on doing a lot of studying because I keep forgetting that I am actually taking classes here and not just enjoying the amazing experience. The only exciting that happened during midterm week was my room mate Ashley's 21st birthday, which we did not celebrate as one should for this important day, however we did get to experience ...
Italian drivers are crazy!
... San G) and our villa. The drive to San G was pretty easy once we made it out of Florence. I reached for the gears with my left hand once and I must admit did stall once when I had a car up my rear beeping for me to go at an intersection. We have discovered Italian drivers are very impatient, you hesitate for a moment, even if it is to give way a an intersection or round about they will beep you, they don't indicate very well if at all, they tail gate, overtake 5 cars at a time ...
Mmmmm Yummy!
San Gimignano- what a beautiful city. We went here for lunch after Siena. Lunch was being catered for the bus tour at a farm. You'll see some of the animals and the farm land from the pictures. The views were amazing and finding out about the family business was also pretty interesting. They grew everything we enjoyed for lunch right there including our lunch which was a sample of their olive oil on garlic bread, tagliatelle pasta was meat sauce, antipasti –meats and ...
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