Visitors!

Mom and Auntie Bonnie are here!  We spent our first (full) day all around Florence.  It was also “Women’s Day” so ladies were wearing pretty little mimosa flowers and carrying yellow tulips.  It… Continue reading →

Home Sweet Florence

Home from our trip to Morocco and Southern Spain. I’ve decided that I really like Spain. It’s such a cool country with so much history and such a preserved culture. Flamenco, tapas, bull-fighting… Continue reading →

Early Morning Travels

Up at 3 this morning to get the bus to Pisa for a flight at 6am to Morocco! I can’t believe I’m going to Africa! Hello stamp in my passport! We did a… Continue reading →

Magical Cheese Sauce

Like I said, ricotta turns anything into something yummy. Improvised with the tomato dish earlier, and added the ricotta. Yum!

Getting Fancy

Today I made this meal off of a recipe I found online. I was super proud of myself for finding all the ingredients. I even had to ask (in Italian) for the sausage… Continue reading →

First Meal!

Made my first home-cooked meal in the apartment! It was pretty simple: just sautéed tomatoes and garlic then combined it with some olive oil and basil and pasta. Voila!

Pancakes and Shopping

Met with Sam for pancakes this morning. Delicious as always! I spent the first half of the morning playing a little game where you build a village. Not like the old games I… Continue reading →

Catching Up

Well I spent today at this cafe by my house (literally only two doors down). They have great coffee, amazingly delicious pastries, and really good panini too! It’s dangerous how awesome it is.… Continue reading →

Sunny in Siena

Today was another beautiful day in Florence. We made our way to the bus station bright and early to catch a bus to Siena. I’ve never used the SITA bus system but it… Continue reading →

Shopping

Went shopping all over town today. First we started at the Ponte Vecchio and admired all the sparkly jewels. Then we made our way down Calzaiouli and Justin bought a bronze statue of… Continue reading →