Anywho, this week has been fantistico so far. On Monday night I had some friends over for dinner and it was honestly one of the best evenings I've had here in Florence so far. We all ate and drank and talked and it was really nice to be around such a friendly group of people. I also was/am getting over a head cold so it was lovely to take it easy for an evening.
Yesterday (Tuesday) I had no class, but I was on campus for my interview at La Pietra Policy Dialogues for a work study job. I interviewed with the head of the program, Megan Metters, and she was so nice. I had spoken with her earlier in the summer about LPPD and so it was a really comfortable interview. (Additionally, I learned today that I got the job! Yippee! I won't be completely broke this semester!) And so after the interview I hung around campus for a bit, admired the gorgeous scenery, and walked on the path from hell a few times. It's a bitch and a half, let me tell you.
Then I went back to my place and made dindinz, and got ready to go out. But before we could go, Laura and I obviously needed to get some gelato in our tummies. I got kiwi. I swear, gelato is god's gift to earth.
My friend from NYU (Sam) put me in touch with one of his friends from home, and so I met up with her. Her name is Hannah and she's a total gem. We were going to a bar that was having a beer pong tourney, and my friend Sam (different Sam from back at NYU) and I were to be partners. So we met up at the place, and went to the plaza in Santa Croce to hang out for a bit, before the games started at 11!
Sadly, Sam and I were quickly defeated. We were playing against two girls who were much too serious about the whole affair. But we spent the rest of the night dancing and singing karaoke so it was still just a lovely time, rounded out by a slice of pizza at 3am at a quaint establishment called Mr. Pizza.
Today I slept in and rolled out of bed at 10:30 to make it to campus for Italian at noon. Then, I waited around for the first event at the La Pietra Dialogues, for which I volunteered. I checked people in as they arrived and such. The talk was given by two NYU professors, one of whom is my politics professor here, and it was about the Euro Crisis. It was really interesting but got to be a bit long, especially in the Q&A portion of the discussion. Apparently Europeans know how to ask verbose questions like it's their job.
After the chat Laura and I mosied on home and found our kitchen filled with a dinner party one of our roommates were having. And so, we ventured outwards and upwards in search of food. In our attempt to get away from the Duomo and the tourist trap restaurants, we, being the logical and good directional girls that we are, just wandered in a circle and stayed right in the area of the tourist trap places. But we ended up having a delicious dinner all the same. We both got big salads and then we split an anchovy and capers pizza, which was so good! Really salty, but in the best way. And all of that only cost us 12 euros each.
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| My goblet of Perseco |
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| Laura and our pizza! |
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And then we wandered home and I studied for my Italian quiz tomorrow. (Mi chiamo Chloe! Sono Americana, di Fort Wayne). Tomorrow we have plans to go to the Piazza Michalangelo and have a picnic with wine and cheese. So European, yeah?
One of my big goals for this trip is to make a constant effort to try/do new things. So, to keep me on track, I'll be listing something new I did at the end of every blog post.
New thing #1: Mushroom pizza without picking off the mushrooms.
Proud of you!
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