Ciao!
Time is flying here in Rome, and another amazing week has passed. A few highlights--I started my two-a-week lunch hour Italian lessons, so my Italian is improving and fast! I was even able to have a (friendly) argument with a bus driver and basically knew what he was saying. I had a great great great meal at a restaurant in my neighborhood with some amazing Italians, and even gave in to eating prosciutto! The vegetarian concept is unknown to Italians, and bizarre to a Roman. Plus, I figured...while in Rome... :-)
And, reason number 346 why I love living in Rome...weekend trips to amazing places! This weekend a friend and I headed off to Florence! It was cold and rainy, but it was still amazingly beautiful. The city is filled with history and culture--some fun facts I picked up this weekend--the Italian language was born in Florence, the Medici family was terribly cruel and brutal yet, had great taste for commissioned art, and real leather doesn't burn. I saw Michaelangelo's David (breathtaking), the Uffizi museum, climbed up the Duomo, bought some leather goods (ok...lots), learned about Tuscan wine and a Florentine's love of everything beef.
Time is flying here in Rome, and another amazing week has passed. A few highlights--I started my two-a-week lunch hour Italian lessons, so my Italian is improving and fast! I was even able to have a (friendly) argument with a bus driver and basically knew what he was saying. I had a great great great meal at a restaurant in my neighborhood with some amazing Italians, and even gave in to eating prosciutto! The vegetarian concept is unknown to Italians, and bizarre to a Roman. Plus, I figured...while in Rome... :-)
And, reason number 346 why I love living in Rome...weekend trips to amazing places! This weekend a friend and I headed off to Florence! It was cold and rainy, but it was still amazingly beautiful. The city is filled with history and culture--some fun facts I picked up this weekend--the Italian language was born in Florence, the Medici family was terribly cruel and brutal yet, had great taste for commissioned art, and real leather doesn't burn. I saw Michaelangelo's David (breathtaking), the Uffizi museum, climbed up the Duomo, bought some leather goods (ok...lots), learned about Tuscan wine and a Florentine's love of everything beef.
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| The Duomo |
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| View of Florence from the top of the Duomo. |
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| Me on Ponte Vechhio |
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| Ponte Vecchio |
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| Night out at the enoteca--learned lots about Tuscan wine and cheese pairings. Yum. |
Amazing. And might I add -- you look hot!!
ReplyDeleteLove living vicariously through you and your Italian adventures :)
jeeezz...awesome.
ReplyDeleteWow, another amazing sight. You look wonderful - are you clothed in Florentine leather - head to toe????:)
ReplyDeleteAs Edith Wharton said (in 1904), "Why would you be anywhere else when you can be in Italy?" Looks to still be true today!
Cutie boots! Oh, and Florence looks nice, too. xx
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