Buon Giorno! I have been very busy the last few days trying to do everything I want in Florence before I leave. Last weekend traveling to Switzerland didn't work out unfortunately so instead I took a day trip with friends to Assisi. It was a 2.5 hour train ride from here. A bit long but it was definitely worth it! Assisi is a small town built onto a hill/small mountain so it is very pretty but the roads are quite steep. From Assisi you get a great view of th...

Buon giorno! A few days ago I got back from my weekend in London! It was a lot of fun. I went on Thursday night and left Sunday morning so I basically spent 2 full days there. London is an hour behind Italy and also uses the pound not the Euro so that took some getting used to. It was tough trying to figure out a new currency in 2 days! Thursday night when we arrived we just got dinner and then went to bed. We ate dinner in an area called Piccadilly Circus which...

Buona Sera, My weekend is just about coming to an end. On Friday I went to Pisa to see the leaning tower. It is only about an hour train ride from Florence which is great. Unfortunately the weather wasn't so great but it was still a lot of fun. The tower was leaning quite a bit! It was very weird to see a building that wasn't straight. Pisa is a pretty small town so we went to see the tower, bought a few souvenirs, went out to pizza and then headed back. Eve...

Ciao Tutti! I decided to do a quick entry tonight since I have some time. Today in cooking class we made tons of delicious food! It was all recipes with seafood so it was delicious. First we made a pasta dish with orecchiett(the type of pasta shaped like small circles) with potatoes, broccoli rabe, and anchovies. It was good although a little boring. Then we had kebabs with zucchini, tomato, smoked mozzerella, and swordfish rolled in a breadcrumb/herb mixture....

Buona Sera This entry is a little later than usual because the internet in my apartment broke and they tend to be a bit slow with fixing things in Italy. One thing I forgot to mention in my last entry was that when I got back from fall break there was an oven in my kitchen! So far this semester we had a stove top but no oven. Since we finally got an oven my roommates and I have been putting it to use.I was very excited to finally be able to cook in the ove...