Saturday morning I woke up at 6:45, miserable because it was so early and I didn’t want to miss the bus. Walked the 15 minutes to the bus in the freezing morning cold to start our weekend trip around Italia.
First stop: Perugia. After 2 hours on the bus spent napping, we arrive at our first destination. Luckily, the cold weather was only a morning thing (thank god because I had only brought my leather jacket). Perugia was nothing like I had pictured it. It's just one street, with side streets off of it. This is also where the infamous Amanda Knox case took place so of course everyone was going crazy over it. There is nothing extraordinary to report, for any of the places really, because nothing crazy happened, just walking tours and bus rides.
After Perugia, we went to our hotel where we were spending the night, but just had lunch which was an assortment of pastas. They were yummy but since we were all starving, they tasted super delicious. We ended up going up to get seconds of the pastas when the brought more out AND multiple rounds of dessert because we are fat and have no concept of the word "enough."
Filled to the brim with food, entering yet another food coma, we left for Assisi. Assisi is insanely beautiful. It's this hilltop town where everything looks super old and it's just so picturesque, although the only things there are really churches and shops where they sell religious items such as statues of saints, crosses, and other things that were kind of bizarre. We spent a few hours there walking around, seeing churches, and enjoying the warm weather (thank god) with 20 minutes free at the end (which we used to go to a cafe and get coffee).
We left Assisi and headed back to the hotel, where I showered and immediately passed out. Dinner at 7:30 was quick and the waiters were practically pulling the food away from us before we could finish.
Anyway, that night at the hotel was fine. We all gathered in the lobby to get our wifi on and while we were down there our trip leader was line dancing and signing italian karaoke which was actually hilarious. I wish I had recorded it because we were all dying. Went to sleep early and slept right through the night.
Next day: Siena and San Gimignano. Having been over the idea of the walking tour before it started, I wasn't particularly looking forward to going on two more. Siena was really fun though, we had a lot of free time there and it is a really nice city, kind of like a little Florence. We went to this pizza shop in the main square and had a delicious lunch and then sat in the sun for a while in order to get warmer because it was so cold that my limbs were falling off. Not at all like the day before. While in il Campo (the main square), we were told about a hut selling fried rice balls. Naturally we sniffed it out and all got some– completely disregarding the fact that we had just eaten a huge lunch. I had 4 (the least you could buy). They were little and delicious and covered in sugar and I don’t regret eating them one bit. Anyway, we left Siena for our last stop of San Gimignano.
San Gimignano is what you think of when you think of a Tuscan town (and very similar the 3 I visited last weekend). It is very small, so beautiful, with old buildings and architecture and it was so pretty. The tour was short, and we spent half an hour walking around on our own (which is a lot of time there). They have all of these shops with gorgeous goods, from leather to perfumes and soaps, to a whole range of different Pinocchio products (it’s a big thing in Tuscany), and this beautiful store selling ceramic kitchen items. I wanted to get something for my parents but couldn’t decide.
We also got gelato since they boast the best in the world. Like I said, the weekend of nonstop eating.
Thus ended the tour. We boarded the bus, passed out, and woke up in Florence.
Short week in Florence, went going to La Giostra for dinner last since it was Jaclyn’s birthday. If there was any way to temporarily end my food coma, La Giostra would be it. I actually dreamt about the food last night thats how good it was. If it’s good enough for Brad and Jen, it’s good enough for me!
Istanbul on Thursday! And I’m meeting Fainerz there. Literally cannot wait to see her, and all the things she’s planned since she took on the responsibility of travel agent for the weekend. Should be interesting to say the least (especially the two of us in a random city with an unknown language)
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