We had originally planned on going to Bologna for the day, but we were a little work out from running around so much and the guys said Bologna really had not much to offer, but good food. So we decided to take it easy for a day.
Katie managed to wake up with even more mosquito bites, even with the windows shut- so she was definitely down for a mellow day. We took a stroll around Florence and decided to humor ourselves by waiting in line at the Uffizi. Turns out, the line was definitely not as bad as the boys made it sound-we were inside in an hour and 15 minutes. We strolled through the museum, checking out the "birth of Venus" by Boticelli among other famous paintings and sculptures.
Afterwards we grabbed some pizza and gelato and headed for the park located behind Piazza Pitti. After walking what felt like all the parimeter of the park, we finally reached an entrance, and they were charging 10 euros to get in ! We thought "forget that!" and went home.
We checked out all of our internet stuff-come to find out the guy we were supposed to stay with in Rome had several negative references, all from girls implying he was using couchsurfing for all the wrong reasons. So we were in a frenzy emailing all kinds of people for a place to stay.
Later that evening, we went to a pizza place where Katie let Nicole order(bad idea) and Nicole was trying to be adventurous by ordering something random off the menu (another bad idea).
The pizza came out with anchovies and caviar all over it. We though we were going to die, but we managed to choke it down. It was a mutual decisionto head to the supermarket immediately after to buy lots of dessert and brew, and thats exactly what we did.
When we got home we only managed to drink one beer when we had bought six(the beers here are huge-about 3 of our beers in one bottle). And everyone said we were going out-so we went out.
The occassion? One of the hosts, Guilia, had just killed her last exam, and she explained to Katie in spanish(a mutual language) that she intended to party for 3 days straight!
They took us to a "bar" that seemed more like a funky 7-11 with a patio to us-there was even bingo at this place. Right when we walked in we saw a middle aged guy in bicycle gear start choking an old bingo man. They were yelling in Italian and caused quite a scene. It was hysterically funny and very serious at the same time.
After that was delt with, we got some Nagroni's and hung out on the patio for a while.
Finally we got tired, headed home, and crashed out for the night.
Katie managed to wake up with even more mosquito bites, even with the windows shut- so she was definitely down for a mellow day. We took a stroll around Florence and decided to humor ourselves by waiting in line at the Uffizi. Turns out, the line was definitely not as bad as the boys made it sound-we were inside in an hour and 15 minutes. We strolled through the museum, checking out the "birth of Venus" by Boticelli among other famous paintings and sculptures.
Afterwards we grabbed some pizza and gelato and headed for the park located behind Piazza Pitti. After walking what felt like all the parimeter of the park, we finally reached an entrance, and they were charging 10 euros to get in ! We thought "forget that!" and went home.
We checked out all of our internet stuff-come to find out the guy we were supposed to stay with in Rome had several negative references, all from girls implying he was using couchsurfing for all the wrong reasons. So we were in a frenzy emailing all kinds of people for a place to stay.
Later that evening, we went to a pizza place where Katie let Nicole order(bad idea) and Nicole was trying to be adventurous by ordering something random off the menu (another bad idea).
The pizza came out with anchovies and caviar all over it. We though we were going to die, but we managed to choke it down. It was a mutual decisionto head to the supermarket immediately after to buy lots of dessert and brew, and thats exactly what we did.
When we got home we only managed to drink one beer when we had bought six(the beers here are huge-about 3 of our beers in one bottle). And everyone said we were going out-so we went out.
The occassion? One of the hosts, Guilia, had just killed her last exam, and she explained to Katie in spanish(a mutual language) that she intended to party for 3 days straight!
They took us to a "bar" that seemed more like a funky 7-11 with a patio to us-there was even bingo at this place. Right when we walked in we saw a middle aged guy in bicycle gear start choking an old bingo man. They were yelling in Italian and caused quite a scene. It was hysterically funny and very serious at the same time.
After that was delt with, we got some Nagroni's and hung out on the patio for a while.
Finally we got tired, headed home, and crashed out for the night.
1 comment:
Anchovies and caviar, ewww! :) You are brave travelers. Glad there was dessert and "brew" to make up for it.
Katie, my heart goes out to you--I'm allergic to mosquitoes and often get bitten on vacation--it's agony. Hope it gets better quick.
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