So we’ve moved! Our new apartment is amazing. It’s two blocks north of the Duomo, and one block south of Academia. Yea, I’m obsessed with the David so this is going to be absolutely wonderful. Classes started last week. I’m taking Italian, Wine Appreciation, History of the Italian Renaissance, Second World War in Italy and it’s Aftermath, and Jewish-Italian Cooking. All of my classes are great. Except for the fact that wine appreciation is at 9am. Whoever decided that this was a good idea really should be locked away somewhere. Also some of my classes are 100% girls, and the others are like 97-99%. It’s really bizarre. Now I understand what Zimmy went through all those years at Spence.
the most casual of casual-ware
So our apartment is great, but the heat hasn’t really kicked in yet. The first night it was 10 degrees celsius. Like according to the thermostat, that was the actual termperature. Yesterday it was 13. 2 degrees. That’s freezing. I’ve been wearing a million layers and my ear warmers to stay warm in here. Steph and I had to even share a twin sized bed because it was just too cold to sleep separately. That bad. But we do have a towel warmer above the bidet in our bathroom, so I discovered a great use for the bidet. I stand or sit on it while leaning against the towel warmer and wrapping the warm towels around me. It’s heaven. I’ve literally never been happier than when I’m engulfed in warm towels.
We decided to not go away this weekend, and to instead stay in Florence and explore. I took a picture of Oltrarno during sunset and it seemed very familiar to me. When I got home, I realized it was the exact same picture as my favorite picture from Florence 2010!! How weird is that?
Winter 2012
Summer 2010
It’s so pretty here. We walked around all day, just taking (some) pictures and getting familiarized with all of the nooks and crannies. We went to Rivoire which is on the Piazza de Signoria and got hot chocolate. It was literally just melted chocolate, so rich and delicious. The sky at night was so ridiculously blue that it looked fake.
tis the season to be jolly, nom nom nom nom nom, nom nom nom nom
We found our favorite restaurant. It’s on the street perpendicular to us and called I’Grullo, which apparently means “crazy in a good way”, which I think is pretty fitting. The waiter, Nico, is our new best friend. He’s from Romania and whenever he sees us on the street he invites us in for (free) wine and tells us places we should go. He also looks like Mr. Williams, my high school music teacher and makes almost identical facial expressions which is bizarre because Mr. Williams is pretty unique. We also have matching chin scars. Nico and I, that is. There’s also a gluten free restaurant on the corner of the street perpendicular to us right on the Duomo Piazza!!!! YESSSS. I got penne with bacon, leeks, mozzarella, and an alla vodka sauce and it was amazeballs. We went to the Diner today with Caralyn and Juliette! Such a long wait- like 1 hour- but it was so worth it. I got a hamburger and a chocolate milkshake and that made me very happy.
Update on going out: still so much fun. It’s going to be hard to come back to NY and Ithaca after these months. Well, it would be hard to anyway, but going out here is just so much better. Except tonight we went out and some guy was wearing a KD semi-formal t-shirt. Why would one where a sorority semi-formal t-shirt to go out in a foreign country? I wanted to make a citizen’s arrest.
And now for some still photos of life here!!!
Ponte Vecchio at sunset
Palazzo Vecchio
near Santa Croce
P.S. Wuv you Randy-Roo! Can’t wait to see you in Paris!!!!
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