in more depth.

the duomo's(cathedrals ) were stunning in italy. i can't even begin to explain how it feels to stand next to one. i had really tasty pizza, simple pasta with red sauce, lasagna, sushi(yeah, i know), etc. one of my favorite dishes during our trip was capolavoro di linguine allo scoglio from francesovini's... a restaurant in florence that jodi levinson's husband owns. i've known jodi since i went to unity school. she also went to atlantic high and now lives in florence with her husband fabio. his family started the restaurant in 1977 and now he owns it. we all went there one day for pizzas and then matt and i went on a date for dinner. it was really nice. jodi is a sweetheart and i'm really glad drew recommended us to go there. 


our first and last nite we stayed in bergamo in a really cute bed and breakfast. the middle 3 nites we spent in a hostel in florence. it was in the best location.... and there were bunkbeds. matt and i tried to sleep together the first nite in one bunk, but i ended up climbing up to the top on the second nite cause our bodies were so achey from all the walking we'd been doing in the past couple weeks and there was no room to move.


we spent about 10 hours in milan. that was definitely interesting. not many cafes, but lots of shopping and high fashion. gorgeous duomos and parks. 


while we were in florence we visited the the uffizi musuem. the line was like 2 hrs and it was huge inside. so much a r  t. 


other highlites... new years eve. that was a lot of fun. matt, sara, drew, and i got dressed in the hostel and had a bottle of free champagne from them. we left around 10 to go have dinner. everything was pretty packed. we didn't make a reservation, so we walked around for about a half hour and finally found a great place. there was like a 6 euro cover for nye which pretty much included free prosecco, wine, and champagne. i had some chicken dish with a spicy tomato sauce. delish. the servers and managers were great. we stayed there till about 1am celebrating the new year. 


ah, italy. lucky us. right? it was beautiful--the food was fantastic(matt and i had gelato 3x. )---and most of all i got to spend it with an incredibly sweet man. (no not you, drew :P ) 


where to next? well, i'm close to no savings now due to our belgium&italy trips and not working during those 12 days. i hope i can make it to a few more countries before we move back to america. 


now- back to the work week... i don't have much scheduled, though. a slow week..a nice way to ease back into it. matt is sick.... poor thing is napping next to me right now. i made some soup to nurse him back to life.

happy new year. 
(time to exercise)