Showing posts with label wine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wine. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas Eve







Mom and Nanu sitting down for dinner 

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Merry Christmas! I spent Christmas Eve with my mom, brother and Nanu. We had a delicious dinner of beef stew, mashed potatoes, salad, asparagus and garlic bread. After dinner we drank mulled wine and made a fire outside in the snow. My brother and I had a snowball fight and he put out the fire when he hit me with a gigantic snowball. All I wanted this year was a white Christmas and it was so special waking up to everything dusted in white snow. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Last Supper
















These pictures were taken from the last night that everyone was in Florence. It was such a nice night celebrating being done with finals and saying goodbye to Florence. We went to Osteria Santo Spirito and I got ravioli with walnut cream sauce. Studying in Florence was the best experience of my life, I know it's cliche, but people say it for a reason! Being home is nice, but I miss all of my new friends and I can't wait to visit Italy again.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Buon Natale!














It seems almost overnight that Florence has turned into a winter wonderland. The streets are lined with lights, there is a tree in front of the duomo and men selling roasted chestnuts on every street corner. I thought I was going to miss Christmas time in New York, but Italy is just as good! Tonight is my last night in Florence, and parting with this beautiful city is bittersweet. On the one hand I get to go home to my loved ones, but I really will miss all the magic of Florence. I know I'll be back sooner or later!


Friday, December 7, 2012

Best panino Italiano in the World!



















These pictures are from two days ago when I had the ultimate day of gluttony! I had class for three hours at the academia, took the bus up to campus, had class, walked for an hour down to Florence, ate so much, had more class, took the bus back up to campus for the art show and then walked home! I was exhausted, but enough of that...food time. I had THE BEST sandwiches of my life at this tiny place called Semel, located in the least touristy part of Florence. It was recommended by my Italian teacher as the best panini in Florence, but I think he undersold it! The first panino I got had wild boar with polenta and olives. It was so simple, but amazingly delicious. Then Caroline and I split two more panini. The first had duck breast and orange and the second was herring with pecorino cheese. I wanted to savor each bite, but I ate it all so fast! Their popular panino has donkey, but they were out of it by the time I got there...guess I'll have to go back!

Then we went to Il Pizzaiolo and split a pizza four ways since my teacher also recommended it. THEN...immediately after that we met up with my teacher and the rest of our Italian class to get gelato at a place called Dario's. I would never be able to find it again, it's such a tiny bar (not even a gelateria) in the middle of no where. Dario, who we met, makes all the gelato himself using his own ingredients and an old-school process that still involves eggs! It was like eating a piece of cake it was so thick! I'm still recovering from all that amazing food in such a short time.