This weekend Lauren and I decided to go to Florence and chill with Rachel, Becca, and David (, The) Lauren and I both slept through our alarms because we were very tired from the late night before, and after awaking around 9:30 we rushed to Termini to catch the earliest train out. Here's how it worked: Left at 10. Got to Termini at 10:20. Hit the "A Firenze" button on the kiosk. Got on the train at 10:25. Pulled out of the station at 10:30. We both looked at each other and said, "Too easy." We were anticipating that because of the ease with which we arrived in Florence, something would go horribly wrong at another point in our travels, but it didn't! Woo.
It was so nice to see Rachel and Adam's smiling faces right after getting off the hour and a half train ride-I missed that smush! We went back to Rachel's to drop off our bags and she lives in the most amazing apartment ever! It's all painted a seafoam green kinda color with murals on all of the ceilings and it's just very gorgeous and Italian. All 5 of her roommates were out of town so Lauren and I stayed in a giant bedroom that was reminiscent of the bedroom that Mary-Kate and Ashley stay in in Passport to Paris. (Rachel said it, not me).
We did a lot of sight seeing throughout the weekend including seeing The David, climbing the steps of the Duomo, and going to the Ponti Vecchio. Seeing David was by far my favorite. On the way down the corridor where he lives there are all of these other Michaelangelo statues that are unfinished so they look like people trying to escape from blocks of marble. They are really rouch looking but beautiful and very haunting. The juxtaposition (i hate that word) of these statues with the pristine and majestic David was just breathtaking, and I got chills up my spine from the moment I stepped into the hallway. David was enormous, and he has one giant hand. Like, huge. Apparently he was originally intended to live on top of a building so the perspective would make his hand look regular size, but he lives on the ground so it's really weird and giant and cool.
The Duomo was quite a hike, but worth it. It's about 45 flights of stars through a tiny spiral staircase and narrow passageways that I had to duck to get through. (Not Lauren though). The view from the top was just spectacular. Florence was beautiful and glowing from above even though the sky was cloudy.
We did a lot of shopping, and among a few little things I got a great purple leather purse. I walked into a store, went straight to it, saw the price (240 euro) started to walk out, and then the woman said "It's on sale for 35." Soo...It's mine now.
I will now list the things I ate while in Florence. It was the best food I have ever had in my entire life (no exaggeration).
Lunch day 1: Turkey, artichoke, tomato, pesto panini
Dinner: Vodka macheroni, pumpkin orchiette, artichoke risotto, eggplant penne, sweet pepper rigatoni, black peppercorn steak, blueberry steak, Tiramisu, pinapple cake, flouless chocolate cake, cheesecake with strawberry sauce. (It was a sampler, don't worry.)
Lunch day 2: Cinnamon raisin bagel and pizza tornado.
Dinner: Macheroni with creamy bolognaise sauce. (This was a full portion)
Brunch was the only unremarkable meal so I won't bore you. Actually, this menu is probably all pretty boring because you can't taste these things. So, sorry.
I can't think of what else we did besides go to a pub and a few Italian thrift stores which were very cool. Oh, and markets. Ok bye.
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