BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING.....
mmmmmmm Caffelatte
So where to begin?!
WARNING: THIS IS A LONG POST! Enjoy it though! I think it will make you smile....and make you hungry at the same time :)
Today was another AMAZING day here in Florence! Never mind the fact that it was rainy, and that only ONE store in Florence seems to sell Spinach, today was great!!!
After waking up TOO early (again :( ), I got to read some of my book (Kindle says I'm 89% done! weeeeee), sip on a cup of steaming tea and relax in the peace and quite that often comes with being the first person awake on a cloudy and rainy day. (Have I mentioned, I love these kinds of days? I love the rain!)
After reading and updating my blog for you faithful followers out there, Kelsey woke up, and for some CRAZY reason, we had an inkling of motivation and decided to do the Insanity DVD ab work out! It kicked our butts, but it felt good! Then, after a quick shower, we were ready to embark on our adventures for the day!
We set out in hopes of stumbling upon a cute little restaurant we had yet been to for a yummy breakfast. Well.....after about thirty minutes of walking and being told by all the places that we stopped into, that breakfast was no longer going on, we gave in (SORRY!) and headed over to this place called "The Diner" which is - dare I admit it? - an "American" breakfast place. It was pretty good! Not quite like the breakfast I love so much back in the States, but it did a pretty decent job! I had some scrambled eggs with wheat toast and that HUGE mug of coffee you see pictured above! It was so nice to enjoy a big brunch. Kelsey and I talked about everything from politics (another no no! strike two I think?) to american breakfast, and her trip to England and Amsterdam! It was such a lovely lunch and so cozy. It was nice to get out of the house on a rainy day and do something to bright and fun!
After our hour long brunch, we headed over the Ponte Vecchio and back to Pitti Palace (I told you there were a lot of exhibits to see there!!) This time, we went to see the Costume Gallery and the Treasures Gallery. Both of which were amazing.
Insert funny story here:
So, while we were walking through the Costume Gallery, we had only seen about 10 different outfits when the exhibit transitioned (not so smoothly, might I add) from the Costume Gallery to..................... (drum roll, please) THE NATIVE AMERICAN EXHIBIT....... W.H.A.T?! Someone, please explain the correlation between the two, or how that makes ANY sense at all? Kelsey and I were literally full belly laughing. We were so confused. It wasn't like there was any other room we should have gone into first, there was only one way to go, and it just happened to lead us into the Native American exhibit! I mean, the exhibit ended up being very interesting, and seeing as we had no choice but to go through it, we continued through the exhibit! BUT WAIT, the best part of this story is yet to come.....
So, after going through the Native American exhibit and enjoying it, we were then brought back to finish the Costume Gallery....... EXCUSE ME? hahahah someone please direct me to the brilliant person who designed the layout of this exhibit so that they may inform me what exactly it was they were thinking when creating the layout designs?
Anyway, Kelsey and I FINALLY got to finish seeing the Costume Gallery which was really interesting and there were some beautiful dresses that I admit I'd wear even today if I had somewhere to wear them to!
After the Costume/ Native American exhibit, we decided to check out one more exhibit and so we entered the Treasure's Gallery. I wish I could have taken photos to show you all the beautiful artifacts they had in each of the exhibits! If anyone is planning to come to Florence, GO TO PITTI PALACE! You can literally spend days there and still feel enamored by the beauty and all of the things that are in the exhibits!
Here's a link to check out some things in the Costume Gallery:
http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/costume_gallery.html
After we were done with the exhibits, Kelsey and I decided to try and find something to make for dinner! We decided to make shell pasta with spinach, tomato and a little melted cheese!
It came out so delicious!!!! Check out the photo below (on the right) of the end result! It was sooo good! DAD: you'd be so proud of me!!!!
And that DEEEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS looking photo on the right? I know, your drooling just looking at the photo... aren't you? (don't worry, no one can see you, so JUDGEMENT FREE ZONE!... drool away!) Yup, those would be Macaroons! Kelsey had some and I'd never had them before so I figured, ah, what the heck, might as well try! THEY. WERE.SO.DELICIOUS!! Then, as if they weren't good enough plain, Kelsey had the GENIUS idea to put Nutella on half of them and bake them all!! HEAVEN. HEAVEN. HEAVEN. that is the only proper way to describe the taste of the Macaroons cooked with or without the nutella topping! So delicious!!! My tummy is happy just thinking of it all!!!
WARNING: THIS IS A LONG POST! Enjoy it though! I think it will make you smile....and make you hungry at the same time :)
Today was another AMAZING day here in Florence! Never mind the fact that it was rainy, and that only ONE store in Florence seems to sell Spinach, today was great!!!
After waking up TOO early (again :( ), I got to read some of my book (Kindle says I'm 89% done! weeeeee), sip on a cup of steaming tea and relax in the peace and quite that often comes with being the first person awake on a cloudy and rainy day. (Have I mentioned, I love these kinds of days? I love the rain!)
After reading and updating my blog for you faithful followers out there, Kelsey woke up, and for some CRAZY reason, we had an inkling of motivation and decided to do the Insanity DVD ab work out! It kicked our butts, but it felt good! Then, after a quick shower, we were ready to embark on our adventures for the day!
We set out in hopes of stumbling upon a cute little restaurant we had yet been to for a yummy breakfast. Well.....after about thirty minutes of walking and being told by all the places that we stopped into, that breakfast was no longer going on, we gave in (SORRY!) and headed over to this place called "The Diner" which is - dare I admit it? - an "American" breakfast place. It was pretty good! Not quite like the breakfast I love so much back in the States, but it did a pretty decent job! I had some scrambled eggs with wheat toast and that HUGE mug of coffee you see pictured above! It was so nice to enjoy a big brunch. Kelsey and I talked about everything from politics (another no no! strike two I think?) to american breakfast, and her trip to England and Amsterdam! It was such a lovely lunch and so cozy. It was nice to get out of the house on a rainy day and do something to bright and fun!
After our hour long brunch, we headed over the Ponte Vecchio and back to Pitti Palace (I told you there were a lot of exhibits to see there!!) This time, we went to see the Costume Gallery and the Treasures Gallery. Both of which were amazing.
Insert funny story here:
So, while we were walking through the Costume Gallery, we had only seen about 10 different outfits when the exhibit transitioned (not so smoothly, might I add) from the Costume Gallery to..................... (drum roll, please) THE NATIVE AMERICAN EXHIBIT....... W.H.A.T?! Someone, please explain the correlation between the two, or how that makes ANY sense at all? Kelsey and I were literally full belly laughing. We were so confused. It wasn't like there was any other room we should have gone into first, there was only one way to go, and it just happened to lead us into the Native American exhibit! I mean, the exhibit ended up being very interesting, and seeing as we had no choice but to go through it, we continued through the exhibit! BUT WAIT, the best part of this story is yet to come.....
So, after going through the Native American exhibit and enjoying it, we were then brought back to finish the Costume Gallery....... EXCUSE ME? hahahah someone please direct me to the brilliant person who designed the layout of this exhibit so that they may inform me what exactly it was they were thinking when creating the layout designs?
Anyway, Kelsey and I FINALLY got to finish seeing the Costume Gallery which was really interesting and there were some beautiful dresses that I admit I'd wear even today if I had somewhere to wear them to!
After the Costume/ Native American exhibit, we decided to check out one more exhibit and so we entered the Treasure's Gallery. I wish I could have taken photos to show you all the beautiful artifacts they had in each of the exhibits! If anyone is planning to come to Florence, GO TO PITTI PALACE! You can literally spend days there and still feel enamored by the beauty and all of the things that are in the exhibits!
Here's a link to check out some things in the Costume Gallery:
http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/costume_gallery.html
After we were done with the exhibits, Kelsey and I decided to try and find something to make for dinner! We decided to make shell pasta with spinach, tomato and a little melted cheese!
It came out so delicious!!!! Check out the photo below (on the right) of the end result! It was sooo good! DAD: you'd be so proud of me!!!!
And that DEEEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS looking photo on the right? I know, your drooling just looking at the photo... aren't you? (don't worry, no one can see you, so JUDGEMENT FREE ZONE!... drool away!) Yup, those would be Macaroons! Kelsey had some and I'd never had them before so I figured, ah, what the heck, might as well try! THEY. WERE.SO.DELICIOUS!! Then, as if they weren't good enough plain, Kelsey had the GENIUS idea to put Nutella on half of them and bake them all!! HEAVEN. HEAVEN. HEAVEN. that is the only proper way to describe the taste of the Macaroons cooked with or without the nutella topping! So delicious!!! My tummy is happy just thinking of it all!!!
My first Macaroons!!!
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Shells with Spinach, Tomato and rosemary bread!
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OOOHHH YES, about the title of this post! Let me explain..... well, maybe the photo does the job, but still, let me tell you the story.
So, the other night, when Brittany and I were walking home from mass, we walked by this shop and in the window was this HUGE Pinocchio with a sign on him (in case you can't read what the sign says) that says "Big Brother is watching"....... any "1984" George Orwell fans out there? If you've ever read that book, you'll understand just how creepy and strange it was to see this sign on the Pinocchio!
Anyway, I just wanted to share with everyone!!!
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS!
I hope you have enjoyed this blog post! Today was a great day!!! I'm sad that tomorrow is already Saturday and I only have two days until I have to snap back to reality and back to school work. boooo.
I hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL Friday! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend planned (even if it's just to relax and spend time doing something you love!)
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