Well, Friday and Saturday... it rained all day so we mostly spent out time indoors just lounging around. Although we did make it to the market on Friday and that night we attempted and successfully accomplished homemade ravioli stuffed with ricotta and spinach. I didn't think we were capable of it because we had neither a pasta roller machine, a rol
ling pin, or measuring cups... but we improvised our hands, a beer bottle, and a glass for all of those things and were able to enjoy a homemade meal cooked by ourselves.I proceeded to sleep for 12 hours because I still can't seem to kick this cold out of my system. The constant cold weather and rain are not helping very much either.
On Saturday though, I awoke feeling a bit better and we decided to go to Ganzo for brunch were we had a breakfast buffet and a meal consisting of eggs, bacon, sausage, and potatoes. The rule there is that if you put it on your plate, you must eat it, but let me tell you I was not complaining although that is the fullest I have felt since being in Florence. We walked it off that day though while walking around the city (yes, I bought more chocolate at the chocolate festival!) Emily also dragged me into Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Dolce and Gabana. Although, I will never be able to buy anything in these designer stores, it was a god experience, and I had fun looking at all the expensive items, having the door opened for me, and being watched like a hawk. Just a single hair barrette at Louis Vuitton was 190 Euro just to give you an idea of how expensive everything was. I also bought a smaller purse because my other bag was just too big to carry around. It is not a bag I would typically buy but it is leather and it goes over the shoulder which is a major safety feature and why I bought it. It is really good quality leather.
Then that night, we decided to stay in (because we had to be up at 6am this next morning for the carnival). Emily and I booked our own weekend trip to Rome (this coming weekend). We booked the hostel/train tickets ourselves... I am so ready for what this adventure will bring. We also booked Nice and French Rivera and Munich, Germany for April through Euroadventures and Fun for Florence. I know I keep talking about all this fun and trips but I really do feel like I'm on a vacation although I know the school work will start piling on very soon. Needless to say it took us 5 hours to decide what to do and when to do it, so it was not an early night and didn't make it to bed until 2am and had to be up at 6 for the Venice Carnival!
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