We left bright and early Saturday morning for Siena! The bus ride wasn't too long but allowed us to all nap. When we arrived we had a guided tour of the city. We went to the Cathedral and saw the room of nine in the center square. The medieval architecture was amazing! After the tour was over we had a few hours of free time. A group of us found this small pub with great paninos. It even had ones wit hot sauce! After lunch we walked through the winding roads, shopped and had gelato. It was the first time I had it and it was amazing! After the group met up we headed to meet the bus, only to have to wait for what felt like forever. Once we got back we went home to get ready for our first Saturday night out in Firenze!
Once everyone was showered and ready to go we headed to our first apertivo at Slowly. It is such a cool thing. You go and pay for a drink and then there is a buffet of food for free. It is the perfect way to start a night out. Next we headed to Piazza Santa Croce and stopped in a little bar for a drink. After watching the end of the European Soccer Finals the group split, some heading for this club called Space and others headed to what seems to be our usual spot the Lions Fountain. I ended up going to Lions Fountain with the boys and Arianna.
We all slept in on Sunday which was much needed. Then we headed into town for the day and to have lunch. We ate at this little brick oven pizza place. After that we headed to the Chrissi's house to meet gina (the dog) and Sonia who does everything for the boys including organizing their underwear drawer. We headed home to shower before dinner.
Instead of going to a sit down place we grabbed a pannino from Gusta Panino in Piazza di Santa Spirito and heading up to Piazza di Michaelangelo. It is quite the hike up hill but so worth it. It has the most amazing view I have ever seen. We sat up there for awhile talking and drinking some wine. I still can't get over how beautiful it was!
Monday morning came early. We had italian class with Susanna then Dante with Alessandro. Dante was pretty boring but hopefully as we get further into the class it will get better. After that we ate lunch in Piazza di Santo Spirito on the church steps. Then it was time for our daily nap. I went for a run again through the park but this time had some company which was nice. We made our way down around the Duomo and had dinner at this place OK Bar. It was really good. On our the Chrissi's called us and said they were already at our homestay. When we walked up to the house however they were nowhere to be found. We walk in our house and their sitting on our couches inside. Apparently they helped our house mom carry in the groceries so she let them inside. We hung out and laid low for the night.
Tuesday we had italian and dante again. After class we had lunch in the Piazza di Santo Spirito. I was finally convinced to try a Donor Kebob. Even though it looks gross it was pretty good. I sat outside for awhile to read and get some color until some bum came up to me and freaked me out. I left and met up with my roommates. We took our daily naps then got ready for dinner with out house mom. It was so good. We had pasta with tomato sauce and squash. We then met up with some of Alex and Chris's friends that are visiting at their hostel. We headed to the Lions Fountain with all intentions of going to the club after but ended up staying there all night.
Today we had italian and art history. Then ate lunch, did homework, took our usual nap and then went for a run. We're getting ready for dinner now and planning our trip to Cinque Terra this weekend which is supposed to be amazing !
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