Day 4

Like yesterday, the day began with Italian language class, where we learned to say greetings and we’re introduced to verbs! Our professor was really enthusiastic about these verbs so I guess that means something great, however I am not quite sure what. After class we all went over to our friends Pino, from the wine tasting’s café to get sandwiches for lunch. They were quite delicious and easily the best I have had here yet! Today I took two trips to get gelato! First I went back to the chocolate gelato place, like yesterday and got hazelnut and vanilla. Both were extremely good! After lunch a small group of us went across the river to a point (I am blanking on the name), where you can see ALL of Florence! Everything from Ponte Vecchio to the Duomo! We climbed up all these small slope and stairs before reaching the top of this open area with a replica of the statue of David! It was pretty exquisite! The day continued with a stop back at the school, to complete some works on projects for our Leadership class and then concluded with a diner at a very nice restaurant hosted by CAPA, our school. It was a welcome diner, which was designed to make us eat till we were beyond full. I believe the total count was 12 courses! It was amazing though. We began with small appetizers and bread. A specific appetizer that I found amazing was some form of corn that seemed like barley, which was mixed with mozzarella, tomato and cucumber and was delicious. As well, there was this sauce presented on top of a triangle of cheese called peperone sauce. It was made out of actual peppers and sugar. It reminded me of some real Texas jams, I loved it! The main dishes consisted of ravioli, pesto gnoggi and spicy pasta, which all were great! Whenever you thought you were done, more food kept coming out of the kitchen. Lastly desert was this dish that almost looked like white jello with blueberries and blueberries sauce on top. It melted in you mouth with every bite you took! It was almost like a different form of whipped cream, but better!