Duomo and Taste of Home

Sorry it has been a while since the last post - summer job applications got in the way!

Last week was a pretty low-key week then we headed to Florence on Thursday for class to climb all 463 steps of the Duomo. After spiraling around and around then scaling nearly vertical stairs we reached the top and had an amazing view! You can see all of Florence and the surrounding Tuscan hillsides.

That night I stayed with my friend David who is on the NYU Florence program. Instead of doing the traditional Italian pasta feast, we decided we were both a little homesick for some American dishes - so that became our theme for the weekend. Starting with dinner, we cooked gourmet turkey burgers, mashed potatoes and salad. Then the following day found an American diner that served omelets, pancakes, bagels with blueberry cream cheese, milkshakes - everything you literally can't find anywhere in Italy. I then met up with some of the girls on my program who had also stayed in Florence with other friends and we went on the hunt for Italian leather jackets. Sure enough we found a perfect shop with great student discounts where we all left looking like a stylish group of biker chicks.