ARGH! Stupid internet! I just wrote a long post about my day and then the internet dropped when I tried to send it and it was lost! Oh well, here's the gist of what I had already written:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAYLEY! yayyy 23 that seems soooo old! you working woman you! I'm wishing I could be at two places at once, I could def enjoy being on the beach in SPI today! Hope y'all have a great weekend!
The musician is back out in the piazza but this time his is playing the violin! Makes me think of you Ellery! He is very good and apparently playing just to make himself happy! Its so cool how the Italians live at such a slower pace than Americans - their so laid-back and enjoy every minute of their everyday. I find myself walking a lot faster than many of the people here. I'm usually trying to get somewhere where as they are strolling, but its the little things that stand out to me and make me realize the differences between our cultures!
Today I deemed by chill day. I had my first test this morning covering the Gothic and Romanesque styles of Italian architecture. I woke up early to study and then got a cappuccino to go at a coffee shop right below my apartment. On the way to school, I saw The Situation again! I could have been on the show Jersey Shore! I was walking down the main road and he (and his camera crew) came out of a smaller street that opened up right on my right! I was a little starstruck and just kept walking because he was 3 feet away from me and could have run into me! Silly I know, but I hope to have more run ins with them...Anyways. The test went well; it was 15 short questions that took only 30 minutes to complete. After that, our teacher Margherita let us out early! The more important take aways from this section were the characteristics of these two different styles. I learned that Romanesque came first and was all about proportions, shape, darnkess, and seriousness while Gothic was modeled after the Gothic churches in Germany and France and emphasized light and height through the use of rose stained glass windows, the pointed arch, and flying buttresses. Most of the churches in Florence that we have visited are a combination of the styles because they have some features of both. For lunch today we finally made it to Pino's , this panini place that many people have raved about! I got the tasty Springtime sandwich which was perfectly toasted foccaccia bread, ham, mozzarella, tomatoes, and pesto spread. It was SO good. After that we walked back to our apartment and I took a nap. When I woke up I tried to do some investigating on current events in America. I feel so out of the loop as I don't receive my news feeds on from Twitter or cable news! When I finished that (with little success as the internet is pretty bad right now) I went out for a stroll. I went down the Via Calzalouli and into Zara where I got two inexpensive and cute tops. On the walk home I got some gelato. Straticella (vanilla and choco chips) has become my new favorite flavor!
This evening I am going to pack for our weekend excursion to Verona and Lake Garda tomorrow, go to apertivo's with the girls, then see an outdoor opera! Apertivos is the popular thing to do in the evenings and for dinner. Many cafes and ristorantes have specials where you buy just one drink, usually for 6 euro and then get an unlimited amount of food that is spread out in a buffet. Riley and I went to one last night at this place classed Moyo's. We had a taste of everything ranging from pasta salads, couscous, cheeses, salad, little drumsticks of some bird, and breads. Tonight we are going to a place called Oibo's and I am expecting the same kind of thing! Tomorrow we head to Verona on a coach bus that leaves from the train station at 9am. Its three hours there. We'll spend the night there on Saturday then on Sunday drive 40 min to Lake Garda which is the largest lake in Italy for a day on the water and beach! I will report back hopefully on Sunday night! love y'all xoxo ciao!
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