Don't Look Now

Emily and I had a really fun weekend staying in Florence. Friday night we went out to a club called YAB, before which we enjoyed a couple of strawberry mojitos at a bar called Smiley. At the bar there were bunch of students from NY who were hip hop dancing, a refreshing art one doesn't witness often in this Renaissance city. We hadn't really gone out this semester and had a great time dancing ourselves silly and people watching.

Then on Saturday we went to the Fiorentina game and sat in la curva, where all the insane fans are. We made sure to wear our purple. The had sparklers (that often got tossed on the grass) and organized chants (that included a lot of "Vaffanculos") and plenty of flags (including a giant purple one with a Native American on it...). Florence made one awesome goal and we won the game. Thank god, too, because I didn't want to be out in the streets with a bunch of pissed off, drunk Italians with sparklers.

One of Emily's friends that had studied abroad with her in Florence five years ago, Matt, was visiting from Budapest with his girlfriend, Kelsey:

It was nice to expand our little duo a bit and we had a great time.

After the game we went to eat at a restaurant near Santa Croce called Il Pizzaiolo. I went against the grain and ordered fresh pasta with "frutta al mare", one of my favorites. I really need to stop taking this cuisine for granted.

Tomorrow we have a field trip with the students to none other than BOLOGNA and I'm going to stay over the weekend with my peeps. Can't wait!