Jan 9, 2008

Pasta time…

Ah Florence. Land of art, olives and, well, to be truthful I didn’t really have a clue. More fun that way. No expectations = no let downs.

Breakfast of flakes, yoghurt and fruit – oh and a proper Italian coffee (very strong!) – then we walked the city. I’m over doing just the touristy things. That’s not the real city. We walked the streets, mingled with the crowds, visited the Gothic Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore – a big, very impressive, Dome like cathedral built in like 1300AD. Beautiful inside. I may not be very religious in that regard but I am discovering I really like being inside churches. So relaxing. So calming. So… nice), some other churches, saw a lot of awesome buildings, statues of everything and everyone (including the infamous David), and then we walked to the top of Piazzale Michelangelo from where you have an amazing vista of Florence. Or it can be amazing. For us it was ‘just’ great as the day was overcast and the view not so clear.

Lunch was bread and vegetables dipped in olive oil and salt with olives and strips of meat added for taste. Then we picked up her 1 1\2 year old Niccolò, checked emails and set off for home. We chilled here until around 7 and then set off to see some of her friends for dinner. And what a dinner it was!

Called an “aperativo”, you pay 7euro for a drink and then are given access to an all you can eat buffet of the most delicious foods! The cocktails we ordered were, to me, absolutely disgusting, but as mentioned, the food was divine. Al dant pastas of numerous varieties, fried capsicum, sausages, breads, chicken dishes, mushroom dishes, beef dishes, salads, fruits… so many I can’t even pretend to remember them all. Honestly such a nice dinner. And Dörte’s two german friends Lisa and Eve were the same. Then off home to bed.

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