3 Bars, 4 hours

Trip Start Aug 28, 2007

Trip End Dec 16, 2007

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Flag of Italy Florence, Italy
Saturday, September 22, 2007

So I was on the fence all night about going out last night, but, I went ahead and decided to go. We were supposed to meet up with the boys at the beginning of the night, but apparently they were primping a bit too much, so we left and went to the bar without them. We were all kind of exhausted so we didn't dress up too much to go out. So we started walking towards the Duomo and went to JJ's (an Irish pub - yeah, we like them). The people and the service were really good, did I mention cheap drinks?

So the girls got their normal Vodka and Gin & Tonics, Kelly had her usual beer, and I had an obnoxiously named drink - a Sexy Motherf*cker (southern comfort, lime, ginger-ale, and brown sugar). So due to the fact the bar was packed, we took our drinks outside and walked (yes, in Italy you're allowed to walk outside with open drinks, etc) over to the stairs of the Duomo and sat down to people watch. We bonded for a while as we always do when we people watch. It didn't really hit me until today that we were sitting on the steps of a CHURCH, while DRINKING (shame on us!). So when we were done we decided we just wanted to stand in a circle around our shoes and purses and just dance

I look sooo thin! :) And I'm in comfy clothes

. Haha (Dane Cook skit for those of you who don't know it).

We went to Astro (a discoteca) which was pretty neat upstairs, but a little sketchy downstairs where you danced. No one was there and once they turned on the smoke machines we had enough and decided to ditch it.

So we meandered to a bar/apertivo 2 blocks from our apartment. Apparently Kara, Arod, and Dana had already been there before. The place was cozy and dim and we stopped at the bar to get our first drink. We all decided on the "House Special" shot which was a fruity-tasting one, then we grabbed our snacks and sat down at a high table. At an apertivo once you buy a drink, you can grab sandwiches and snacks set out on the end of the bar (like a buffet). So then Kara asked everyone what their least favorite shot was. Dana's was southern comfort, Kelly, Kara and Arods were Tequila, and mine was Bacardi Vanilla and Lemone (damn senior week...). So she walks up to the bar and we're like "shiiiittt" thinking she was going to get us our least favorites. But, she grabbed something she thought no one had had before. However, I have, it's just been mixed, I could tell what it was by the smell of it...good ol' Jim Beam. So we took it and washed the burn down with our sandwich chasers Kara had picked up. Later, we were discussing shots everyone liked, and I mentioned that I had never tried a Naughty Girlscout and really wanted to but doubted they had one. So the girls had never heard of it and I told them it was a shot that tasted like a Girlscout Thin Mint cookie

Arod

. So Kelly was set on trying something like it and went up to the bartender to see if he knew how to make it. Well after talking to him for about 5-10 minutes she comes back with 5 caramel colored shots. Before telling us what was in it she made us all take it. So with another cheers, we all took it, it was AMAZING. Apparently he made up the ingredient based on her telling him "chocolate and mint" and he made it with Bailey's Mint and some other mint liquor...it was absolutely amazing. I would have gotten it again if I wasn't already feeling the first two and my tall sexy motherf*cker.

The boys met up with us there and we all laughed and joked and decided to go get kabobbs, well, the place ended up being closed so we all parted and went back to our apartments. It was a pretty good and laid back night. It was fun! Well we're going to watch movies tonight after everyone gets home from doing their own thing so I'll talk to you guys tomorrow!

Ciao!!!