Eventful Weekend

So much to catch up on...last weekend was definitely the most eventful one I've had so far. It was filled with a lot of fun and very different things! I thought I should catch up now before I get even more behind after this weekend.

Ferragamo Museum

Salvatore Ferrgamo is an Italian shoe designer with amazing shoes and clothing that I will hopefully one day be able to afford! For now, I'm lucky enough to go to the museum and store in Florence to admire the pretty things :) We went for my advertising class which definitely beat sitting in the classroom!

Collection of shoes from the past

The shoes that Drew Barrymore wore in Ever After

Fiorentina v. Inter Milan

At night, we went to an Italian soccer (football!!) game. Obviously I had to prepare by purchasing a Fiorentina scarf from the market :) This was one of my favorite things I've done so far!! Fiorentina and Inter are pretty big rivals so the fans were intense! When we were near the stadium people were sprinting to get in on time. The cheers and chants were fun to listen to as well. I guess Italians + any soccer game = intense.

The stadium is walkable which is nice so hopefully we can go to another game. Inter won 2-1 but it was still an awesome experience. The only downfall to the night was the rain (no pun intended) but we still managed to have a good time!

Me and 2 of my roommates (Alyssa and Andrea) before the game

GOALLL

Wine Tour

Last week we went wine tasting in the hills of the famous Chianti Classico at the Castello Il Palagio winery. It was so beautiful and really cool to see and learn more about how the wine is stored and made. The best part, of course, was the actual wine tasting itself. We got to sample 4 different wines made at the winery. Chianti Classico, Rose, Supertuscan and a sweet dessert wine. We were also given a plate of delicious food and bread with olive oil that was made there. End result? We bought 6 bottles of Chianti Classico (my favorite!) for the apartment for nice dinners and a bottle of extra virgin olive oil! Chin chin! (cheers)

Olive tree

so cute!

Viarreggio Carnevale

Viareggio is a city about an hour north of Florence on the coast. The carnival celebration there is said to be the most important in Italy and all of Europe. It's known for its paper mache and often politically charged floats. This is what Viarregio should have been...

Instead it was rainy and cold :( The experience was not what we expected but we managed to get one picture. Note that we're smiling...this was when we first got there and we were optimistic that the rain would stop.

 

I'd like to visit Viareggio again on a nice day and go to the beach! As for the carnival experience...I'll have that in another city. We're going to Venice tomorrow to celebrate!! Can't wait to bring out that mask again, although mine probably won't even compare to what I'll see...