(View from across the river to the other side of Florence)
This weekend we all decided to explore Florence a little bit more and we really did! This city is gorgeous and I have yet to even see half of it. Yesterday we just ran errands and discovered more of Florence! We shopped a little, and I had the BEST Panini/sandwich ever and then we took a trip to the Billa (grocery store) so that we could start cooking dinner. It was a very interesting experience, of course everything was in Italian! Between the four of us we did a pretty good job finding things and translating the itallian. Alyssa and Liz cooked Spaghetti Carbonara (pasta, eggs, and bacon) which was very very yummy! We had so much fun making dinner in the apartment and being able to navigate an Italian grocery store by ourselves!
(Our First Night of Cooking in our Apartment)
Today we slept late! Finally! We went to the Florence Gelato Festival, explored the other side of Florence and discovered a very talented artist who we all bought a piece of art work from! The Gelato Festival was awesome and a great way to try all the different flavors without wasting any money! I had coconut, green apple, melon, raspberry and vanilla flavored gelato. Green apple was my favorite! Liz and I are still on the hunt for Nutella and Pineapple flavored gelato, good thing we have 4 more weeks! J On the way to the festival we found all the gates with locks locked to them from people that signed their names and wrote messages, so cute! We found a couple “Will you marry me?” ones!
(Such a cute lock we found!)
My favorite part of this whole trip so far was when we walked to the bridge that connects the two parts of Florence across the river! It was absolutely beautiful! This is where all the nice homes are with air conditioning! The heat is getting better though or maybe I am just getting a little more used to it. So far I have learned this: gelato is way better than ice cream, how much I appreciate air conditioning, I wish I knew Italian, you can get tired of Italian food(I know I didn’t think this was possible for me either), everything is so beautiful here, and the word strawberry “Fragoloa”! Well school starts in the morning so it’s off to bed for me! J
(Across the Bridge)
Sincerely,
New Gelato Lover
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