Residence Porta al Prato Florence

... mind up that I was going to wait until I got back, but I didn’t want to wait any longer. So Katy and I weaved our way through the booths looking at purses and going back to look at purses and being positive that I was getting the right one. I had seen several I liked in Venice, and I found them again when I got here, but nothing was sticking out (except, of course, a purse that was WAY too expensive). So I kept looking. FINALLY I saw one that I ...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I spent the morning taking an Italian exam!!! The afternoon was a little more fun, touring Palazzo Pitti with my Art History class.

It was a little strange spending it without everyone but my school put together a little gathering for us. A group of us dined on a typical American Thanksgiving at a local restaurant. We were served Butternut Squash soup with bread, Turkey ...

... was really good and the honey ale and double blonde were good too and certainly better than anything other Italian beer to date.


Tuesday checked out the Uffize Gallery which was excellent. All the "Grotesque" style paintings on the ceilings were really cool.

Had the Florentine specialty - Bistecca Florentina at Osteria de Benci. A T-Bone steak from a particular breed of Florentine cow which is fed and bled a certain way ...

... kitchen.I went down later that eveing to chat to the people staying there and marvel at the double bed inthe kitchen.

Really quiet in the off saeason with a lot of places noteven bothering to open or open reduced hours.

Was sitting outside the only bar in RioMaggore and Jess who I shared a dorm room with in Salzburg walked past. Turns out she's staying in the same dodgy room as me again!

Was lucky there was a bunch of good people ...

Hi Everyone!

After an exhausting weekend in Brussels, I was in for yet another treat with cooking classes in Florence. Organized by my school, a group of us met with a chef for some lessons.

We were taught how to prepare typical Tuscan cuisine including Ribollita and Stuffed zucchini-flowers.

Everything was delicious & I look forward to trying these recipes at home!

I'll update you soon,

Siara

... fresh fruit (if you haven't had figs, in season, straight from the tree, then like me you've been missing out), and set my goals for the day. They are:
--Get a handle on the walk to town from my rustic retreat. Mission accomplished. Suffice to say, I'm going to be in much better condition when I return home. This leads me to two more critical points: figure out the bus routes, and figure how to ride ...

... we reached the gate that leaves florence (left over from when the entire city was gated and could be closed). so we realize we went a wee bit too far and turned around to walk 4 or 5 blocks back. we turn down this really small side street that Mama's bakery is supposed to be on and everything appears closed. and then we see it....heaven on earth.....Mama's bakery. we had been walking pretty much the entire morning, we were happy to have found our ...

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... back to the ship. By the time we got there, we were completely drenched. But, we ate our meat and enjoyed the ride back. Unfortunately, we heard that there was a going to be a train strike starting tonight at 9:00 p.m. and ending tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. This meant that we wouldn't be able to get into Florence tomorrow. So Dan had a great idea of just booking an excursion through the ship. We rushed to get to ...

... things that people come here for is to see the statue of David. there are actually 3 versions through the city, the original is in one of the museums, there is a replica in one of the town squares, and the last is a bronze version which they have put on the top of this hill where i am staying, the Piazzale Michaelangiolo. To see the original you have to pay to get into the museum, and then wait in a monsterously huge line, but im not going to bother, as i have seen ...