The walk down was actually pleasant, and we got our first view of the hillside and snow-covered rooftops. As we got into the town I noticed a bit of rushed panic, and it seemed like there were a lot more cars driving around than usually would have been, but we eventually got to the Coop to experience our first Italian grocery shopping event.
At the Coop, the produce crates were nearly empty of all their fruits and veggies, people were lining the aisles, and we were all trying to scramble and get the things we needed to eat and drink in case we were stuck in the apartments for a few days. It was actually really fun, in my opinion.
We have this arrangement in our apartment where Emily and I will make the food and Charlotte and Sarah will wash the dishes, so Emily and I were excited to go to the store and stock our kitchen! We all zoomed through the store and got everything we needed, it was pure organized chaos and we were pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.
Later that day we went up to the Boccaccio museum tower next door and some an even more amazing view of snow-covered Certaldo! I'm really starting to wonder what this place will look like when the snow is melted because it's simply gorgeous right now.
YESTERDAY, we were able to sleep in, thank goodness. We had a recycling presentation that afternoon because Certaldo has a new five-bin recycling system that started just this week! Lucky us. They have to recycle EVERYTHING! I mean, it'll be more beneficial, but apparently if you put the something in the wrong bin then you'll be fined. I was afraid to throw things away at first. I still kind of make a pile of things before I actually put them away in their respective bins.
Last night we had a welcome ceremony with the mayor and a small banquet afterwards with some locals. We learned a few Italian words and phrases and actually stood up and spoke to the mayor in front of everyone... it was pretty hilarious hearing everyone's broken Italian because we're all still clueless and only 4 or 5 people in the whole town speak good english. So last night I met Clara, a woman who helps run Bar Boccaccio (an amazing place that feeds us lunches, dinners, and fancy cappuccinos with pictures on them) and she was telling us that her dad owns the Certaldo soccer team and could get us tickets to a game if we'd like. Apparently they're nothing special, but it'd still be really cool to go to a game!
Anyways, because of the snow, we weren't able to go to Florence today but instead started some of our classes. Fun substitute, right? It actually was nice to get something started because it really felt like I'd been on vacation for 2 months. Art history was interesting and we've already got a few assignments to get started on. Tomorrow we're starting enameling, Yay! and then Sunday we have Monday's classes and Monday we're finally going to Florence!!! This snow has jumbled everything up, but I still love it.
Hopefully everything goes smooth sailing this weekend and next week because I can't wait to go to Sienna next weekend!
Right now it's a solid 28° F in Certaldo right now...hello fuzzy socks and thick blanket.
Buona Notte!
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