Last Monday was just another day (although I enameled my first pair of earrings!) But Tuesday was Valentines Day! Us girls planned to have a white chocolate/nutella fondue night with lots of fruit and looottts of nutella.
Let's just say that we demolished that table of food in a matter of 10 minutes or less. Unfortunately, there were so many people in such a small space (people eager for food, at that) and we happened to break a bowl, a saucer, and a glass in the process. Oops.
Also, last week I was supposed to get a package in the mail from my mama, said to be delivered in the 14th. Do you think I got it on the 14th? Customs is the worst. I finally got that package today (YAY) but that was after my mom contacted FedEx. Not to mention, mailing letters in Italy is fairly expensive. Do Italians not like snail mail? I like snail mail. But I can't hate on Italians because they are some of the nicest people I have ever met in my life. No joke.
Anyways, last Thursday was one of the first warm days here so it was the perfect day for a walk!
I went down to Certaldo Basso for lunch and ended up exploring the town a bit.
We heard little kids playing during recess and it was such a happy sound! I don't know if it was because Italian children sound adorable or if it was because we don't see many kids here but that was a highlight of my day. Creepy? Oh well.
After THAT walk, I went with two other girls for a walk around the hills of Certaldo.
I hope I never get the image of those views out of my head, they were beautiful!
That night was our last dinner at Osteria da Chichibio, which was one of the best restaurants we've been to so far. Then a group of us went to Giovanni's A Casa Tua for Caitlin's Birthday cake! Yum chocolate! Giovanni has delicious food.
Saturday a group of us we supposed to go on a walk to the same place we walked through the hills and picnic there, but it was Certaldo Alto's Carnevale so we spent all day walking up and down the main street and enjoying the festivities.
It was like a giant kid-friendly, Mardi Gras-esque, Halloween-like party
and there was so much silly string and confetti and shaving cream party spray things.
It was awesome. I also confirmed my love for hazelnuts. They are spectacularly delicious.
Sunday we went to Florence for our two day stay. Florence is definitely one of my favorite places and has become my second Italian home. I'm sure I've said that before, or at least it feels like I've said it a million times, but it's true. Unfortunately, there was some two for one Valentines Day special deal for museum tickets and all of the museums were packed so we decided to make Sunday a free day and check out museums the next day. I'm not going to lie, I wasn't heart broken about having more time to shop and explore. I finally got black leather boots to replace my ripping/worn ones at home!
And it was the last day of the Florence chocolate festival!
Not to mention Florence is beautiful, as well, so what could be better?
Monday (yesterday) we woke up from our hostel in Florence, which was so cool! It was only the second hostel I've ever been in, but it'll probably be one of the best. There were so many replicas of famous paintings on the walls downstairs and upstairs where our rooms were, the walls were covered in signatures of past travelers.
Also, the breakfast they served was the best breakfast I've had since being in Italy, because Italian apparently don't care about breakfast. I had an omelet with toast, some breakfast-type cookies (or just cookies), a cappuccino, tiramisu, and some weird banana bread that i only took one bite of. I was full and satisfied until lunchtime. Speaking of lunchtime, I finally found the wonderful Italian pizza that I was looking for! Oddly enough, it was at the place where the Jersey Shore cast worked when they were in Florence. Because of that fact I was afraid the pizza would only be OK, but it was phenomenal! mmm Mozzarella, gorgonzola, speck ham pizza.
I'll be going back there.
That day was pretty rainy, windy, sleety, and cold, so we all decided to head back to Certaldo a few hours early and just relax. Luckily, next Monday our enameling class is taking another trip to Florence to see a metalsmithing shop or a museum or something to do with metals...I can't remember exactly what. But I'm all for class field trips!
On another happy note: It's supposed to get up to 60 degrees by this Friday!
YAY!
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