Today was wonderful. We took a bus to Fiesole, which is the small town that overlooks Florence from the mountains. The view was gorgeous (pictures are on facebook) and we saw the Roman Theatre and the Roman Baths. A group of us stayed and got lunch--Pizza Margherita, so delicious. We got bus tickets and rode about ten minutes back into the center of Florence. I walked around with some of the girls from my program and we went into a gelateria--it was touristy and overpriced so I didn't get anything, but I did speak to the woman in Italian which felt pretty awesome. I tried a sample of Crema gelato with a sauce called salsa di aceto balsamico--it's basically a sweet balsamic vinegar sauce which sounds crazy, but paired with the creamy gelato it was really nice. It didn't taste like vinegar when it was mixed.
There's a festival tonight near Ponte Vecchio, the old bridge in florence with shops lining the sides. It looked like it was going to storm a minute ago but it cleared up so hopefully tonight will stay nice.
Hopping in the shower and then getting dinner! I'm so ready for classes to start on Monday. I miss you all.
Ciao,
Athena
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