This past weekend I stayed in Florence because I could not find a cheap way to get to Prague and figured I would just save some money before I have my constant traveling every weekend. Jenna was heading off to Rome Friday morning for her best friend's birthday, so I would be alone this weekend. However, Thursday night we all went out (refer to Shot's Café post).
Friday, I woke up REAALLLYYYY late and then went to the chocolate festival to get chocolates per mi famiglia :) (CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM THIS WEEKEND AHHH!! :D) After, Victoria, Erica, and I went shopping and looking for shoes for Victoria. Ended up staying in because I was really tired. All in all, not a bad day.
Saturday, oh boy. Woke up late again (typical me). Then went to meet up with Casey, Marsha, and Victoria for lunch. 9 Euro at a chinese place for a 3 course meal plus free green tea! I had vegetable dumplings, hot and sour soup (first time- loved it!), and kung pao chicken. Very good, but took like 2-3 hours to get everything because they were very slow. After, we went to this art fair where they had the most GORGEOUS stuff! This one lady even fixed my bracelet!! I was SO happy since I had been devastated that it had broke.
.... just had to restart my computer because Safari froze and refused to close.... not sure if this is a sign I shouldn't be blogging, but either way I'm glad it kept all I wrote! ::phew:: Thank G-d for autosave!
Anyways... back to what I was saying..
Here are pictures from the art fair:
Right next to the fair, in the same piazza, was a protest.
I think it was against what is going on in Egypt right now. They were really loud and annoying just because it was so random and tiny and we couldn't understand what they were saying, but it's for a good cause. Just sucks I only figured it out after. After the fair, we all went into this hidden church that the tourists don't really know about that was in the same Piazza. It was gorgeous! It was very dimly lit, and I think it is a church for the dead, but it was covered in gold and art. One guy who worked there and spoke some english came up to us and basically wished us a good life. He gave us these Santa Maria praying cards and said he would love to see us there again. Very kind of him.
Then went to the supermarket to get dinner (only 3.6 euros for a pasta dish! who would've thought!?). It was delicious, and I think I'm just going to do that from now on if I ever need to buy myself dinner. Or maybe even when I'm visiting somewhere. Definitely a cheaper option.
That night, we were going to Blob which was having a Carnivale theme. OMG outrageous! Marsha did all of our makeup. I didn't have a mask, so I told her to compensate through my makeup. That produced this:
me piace molto! It was a lot of fun. I met a guy who was Italian, but spoke perfect english..... with a British accent. very amusing. Ended up coming home around 5 or 6 in the morning. Did NOT realize it got that late.
Next morning (Sunday), woke up late again. Was just hanging around the house when I got a call from Victoria. Forgot all about this happening, but there was a protest going on against Silvio Berlusconi. Quicky ran out of the house and ran down the Duomo. There were so many people! By now the protest had moved all the way down to Piazza della Republicca and it took me forever to get to the carousel in the middle of the PIazza to find Victoria. There were so many funny signs. People were shouting, drums and whistles. It was invigorating. Apparently this was one of the over a hundred or so protests going on that day.
Translated: Silvio! I'm a minor! Call me! (hahahahahaha)
And finally, yesterday: Monday. Happy belated Valentine's Day everyone!!
Thank you mom and dad for the chocolate and grandma for the card :)
Jenna and I went to get free coffee at Astor courtesy of Bus2Alps and then walked around and shopped before getting some lunch. Jenna bought a dress and I almost bought a leather jacket for 57 Euro, but I decided to wait. We then went to this new panini place which was amazing! The guy there was so friendly and also does wine tasting since he has an old cellar full of wine. So, for 15 euro per person, we can taste wine and have lots of little snacks. Can you say HELL YEAH!? :D Very excited for that :)
That's about all for now. Oh, except I discovered I can record sound on my word document when I take notes, so now I can record his lectures. Very helpful :)
Ciao for now!! I'll write about Rome later :P
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