I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving, I know I did! Although I couldn't be home with my family, I was with my Florence family. Chloe and I made little cookie turkeys and hand turkey place cards for everyone the night before. Chloe made gravy, stuffing and garlic mashed potatoes. I made roast chicken with stuffing and bacon, green beans with almonds and mac & cheese. Grace, Olivia, Vero, David and Hannah came over to eat dinner. We ate so much that everyone had to lay down for hours afterwards. The food was delicious! We had intended to eat a second dinner a couple hours later, but it never happened. We had fun laying around being too full and drinking wine. I ended up taking a little cat nap, which was good considering we didn't get to bed until one and had to be up again at four. I'm still eating leftovers and they taste amazing!
Yesterday was David's 21st birthday. The festivities started on Sunday where I cooked a breakfast inspired by this youtube video. Obviously I didn't do everything that epicmeal time did. I did however make chocolate chip, bacon, beer pancakes (masterfully cooked by Chloe), french toast stuffed with bacon and cream cheese and cheesy eggs. It was delicious if I do say so myself!
Yesterday I went to the oil shoppe with David, Hannah and Chloe. I went in between my art class which was meeting at the Bargello and my Italian class. I got a sandwich with sausage, cooked onions, provolone and bbq sauce! Dinner was also indulgent. David, Chloe, Grace and I went to the Diner and I got a burger with gorgonzola and caramelized onions. I felt gluttonous, but so satisfied. After we went to Sam's apartment for cake and drinks. We listened to music and failed to play any sort of game. After we went out dancing. I was wearing the best dancing dress in the world! I accidentally stole it from Francesca when I visited her in Paris, it was her mom's in college. It's the most fun dress to twirl in and twirl I did. Happy Birthday David!
Made my way over to the other side of the river yesterday morning to visit the Palazzo Pitti for a paper. Spent time taking notes and wandering around the Modern Gallery before making my way back to my side. I wrote my paper in a cafe near my apartment because I knew I wouldn't be able to concentrate. I'm not complaining though, I had my first cappuccino in Florence (I usually just drink espresso) and a chocolate croissant. I met up with David a couple hours later to go to the oil shoppe, an incredibly delicious sandwich place! I got prosciutto, arugula, parmesan, truffle oil and mushrooms.
Afterwards I had to go up to campus for a mandatory assembly known as Occupazione. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but every person I talked to did something different. Chloe sang english halloween songs at an Italian elementary school, people picked olives, made videos, went to a photography museum and I....danced. That's right, my class danced for 3 hours! I actually had a blast. The dance we did was known as the tarantella. It was an ancient dance performed in the south of Italy by women who claimed to be bit by tarantulas! Weird, but so much fun! I was going all out and it didn't hurt that I had a couple glasses of wine before my class!
