Yesterday was pretty unevenful, although it did include some of the best food Ive had since I got here (I should really just start a food blog, but it eating is pretty much the only thing to do in Siena, which works for me :]) Yesterday (as in Wednesday) was a very exciting Italian class because we learned definitive articles (which means I can now say the in Italian, very exciting, I know). After class my friends and I went to a cute little restaurant for lunch (for those of you interested I had tagliaterre with some kind of pesto-esque sauce). After lunch I took a much needed nap, did some homework and reading, switched to a highe level of Italian for Florence classes (fancy, right?) and then got ready for dinner. For dinner we tried to go to a restaurant that was supposed to be the best one on the list of places where our meal vouchers are accepted, but that failed miserably since the place never actually opened. It turned out to be a good thing though because we got explore Siena a little bit and ended up at this absolutely delicious restaurant, by far one of the best meals Ive had so far. This was the first meal we ate that was really, just Whoa!, this is great! The bread was so delicious, and I had very good spinach tortelli (big tortellini) with a pumpkin sauce and cheese, mmmm. After dinner, we were stuffed, but obviously had room left for some gelato (caramel and chocolate :]), and then went back to the hotel to study for our quiz we had the next day. We got back from dinner pretty late, so Miriam and I just did some studying, and then went to sleep on the somewhat earlier side, aka 12 45 (we keep trying to go to bed earlier, and its failing miserably). Miriam and I skyped with our friend Dania, and got to here a little bit about life in Alicante, Spain (it sounds great, I want to visit!) I got to talk to my parents before I went to sleep, and my mom decided this would be a great time to correct my grammar on this blog, so I am apologizing now for the lack of apostrophes in this post because Im using an Italian keyboard and cannot figure out how to type them for the life of me, so, sorry mom.

Life in Siena is pretty simple: lots of eating and lots of class. Everyone is very ready to go to Florence and really start our abroad experiences. Later this week Im going to a sculpture garden and to visit a little town called San Gimignano. I also might be going to Pisa to take the mandatory Leaning Tower of Pisa pictures (love being a tourist!). Anyway, Italy is great and I am getting to know some cool people. I am so excited to go to Florence and really see what life here is going to be like. I cant wait to visit the leather market(place bets now on how many pairs of shoes I come home with) and see all the things Florence is famous for and get to know a new city! I am also so excited to get to see all my friends from home who I get to be in Florence with (just get on a plane guys, Italy is great)


Ciao!