Wednesday January 26 2011

You have all figured out what my mornings are like now, so I’ll just skip to lunch. For lunch, Miriam, Ali, and I went and got giant pizza slices for lunch, but we were still hungry so we decided why get another slice here when there are 3 other places within 20 feet of us that we haven’t tried. So, we went into a few other places, but found no pizza to our liking and kind of gave up. Ali went to get gelato, so Miriam and I went next door and this restaurant was giving out free little snacks, so we just had those to fill up (little mini pizza crostini things, so yummy, and free!) Then we leisurely strolled home, stopping at this market to pick up some yummy fruit. Miriam and I had about two hours to kill, so obviously, we napped (probably one of the best naps ever) We woke up feeling refreshed and headed out to the wine tasting AIFS had arranged. The wine tasting was fun, we tried two reds and a white (which was from a San Gimignano, and is apparently pretty famous), there was cheese, so clearly I was very happy. The woman told us that younger whites more transparent, while older ones have a more yellow color. Younger red wines have a more purple tint to them, while older ones have a orangey/red color to them. You can also tell how much alcohol a red wine has by the number of “tears” that fall down the inside of the class (the more there are, the more alcoholic it is). She also talked about how the wines had flower and peach scents to them, but that went way beyond me. After the woman was done talking, we sat around talking and finishing our wine, and eating cheese. The girls next to us decided they didn’t want their cheese and meat plate (weird), so we got more cheese, yay! After wine tasting Miriam, Stacey, Joanna and I went to dinner, but we stopped in a few little shops, including an Italian grocery store (so much better than American grocery stores) and ended up in a restaurant at Piazza del Campo that we hadn’t eaten at before. I had a really yummy ravioli with marscapone and nuts, and then Miriam and I split a chocolate lava cake that was so yummy (Mom/Dad-kind of like the place's flourless chocolate cake). So delicious, I'm going to get so fat, oh well. After dinner, we didn't do anything exciting, just homework and hanging out. Went to bed full of yummy Italian food yet again!