Il Salviatino Florence

... of a day it was outside).

After spending a good amount of time enjoying the view, we headed back down toward the river, winding our way down little stairs and hills, until we were next to the Ponte Vecchio. At this point, Steve broke off again to find a place to eat, while the girls strolled in and out of shops just taking in the scenery. Later, we met up with Steve and headed back to the hostel for the night in preparation of the big day ahead.

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 ...

... dans les jardins!

ensuite on est aller voir le vrai "David" de michealange. installer au bout d,un aller d'un petit muse au gros prix! c'est impressionant de voir sa grandeur et surtout de penser qu'il a ete realise dans un seul bloc de marbre, sculte a la main avec les outils de l'epoque. Comme dans tout bon muse, il est impossible prendre des photos!

... 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 ...

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

... checked out some buildings that i don't remember the name of, checked out some dude's house that we didn't know the name of and by the end of the tour, i was ready to go back to the hostel cause it was so hot. But, i checked out some church and the Leonardo Di Vinci museum. So seeing as I a huge fan of his because he's pretty much who i would want to be, i walked in and was THOROUGHLY disappointed. For 7 euro, i did get pizza and a drink, but, man, that ...

... happy to be able to get into Saint Crocs, Oh wow! the paintings and the architecture. (oh my feet.... they don't hate me yet, but I think they are getting pretty close.)

We found an English pub with some nice cold - oh so cold beer. It's amazing how good a cold beer can taste on a hot summer day (it's been around 28 - 30 C most days). Leaving the pub to head back to the hotel, this is where the crowded streets of ...

... cutting stone at the age of four. At the age of ten he astounded the greatest art teacher of the day who paid him to apprentice with him. He supposedly bribed his way into morgues to perform some of the only human discections which gained him unparalleled knowledge of the human body. His great love was sculpture and he considered David his greatest work. We learned all of this from our guide. But you didn't need a guide to appreciate the culmination of ...

... of fruit-peaches-necterines berries(i,m in heaven) -tell bella and yasmin the hotels bird(like a myna bird) squaked AND meowed !!! lol was a real hoot ...next day we,re off to parma-for foody tour-I,m NOT scared , tho our pipi car, may not understand this extra weight... ttfn G

After leaving Venice we were headed to Florence for a 1 night stop over on our way to Rome. Having not too much time here we jumped on a bus and headed to the city centre to climb the 463 stairs to the top of the Duomo (cathedral dome), There was definitely some Michaelangelo influence inside the church. The inside of the dome is covered by a fresco that depicts a complex story of Catholicism at the ...