Day 25

         Today was a field trip day! It brought me back to the elementary school days… However, this time it was a high class field trip to Siena and San Gimignano. Our day started in Siena with a quick tour of the city. Siena was small and cute, very medieval timesish, I really liked the city itself! The best part may have been that it was far less touristy than Florence. I felt like all of the shops, café’s and restaurants were homey and not designed to bring in tourist. You could tell from the smell of food walking down the streets, that everything was true homemade Italian food. For lunch, we went to a kid on our programs, family friends restaurant. I personally, did not enjoy it too much and wished we walked around the main piazza and had lunch at a café there instead. I might be too spoiled from my homestays mom’s cooking, to enjoy anything that is satisfactory. Afterwards, we boarded the bus to San Gimignano, where Italy’s best gelato is found! The entire day all I thought about was this gelato, so I was very relived to finally be able to taste it. The city itself was so tiny; it felt like there was only one main road that consisted of the entire city. Although, the city was gorgeous! I couldn’t believe that Sam Gimignano actually had residents, it didn’t seem like there were enough resources for the city to be livable, but they did have the BEST gelato and I could possibly live off that! Speaking of gelato, I made sure to get a huge cup with pistachio, yogurt and hazelnut! It was so delicious and definitely worth the trip!

        We made it back to Florence just in time for dinner with our homestays. I was so full by the time I was back in Florence, but I knew our host mom had cooked a huge dinner and expected us to enjoy it all. With that being said, I managed to eat everything served to me, but did feel like I was going to die in the process. It was a good thing I took off my belt before dinner, needless to say. After dinner, I had a huge pile of laundry I was planning to hand wash. Now, let me tell you, that is some hard work. I have so much respect for anyone who ever has to hand wash their clothes on a regular basis. That was definitely a new experience. 

Voted Italy’s best gelato!