Wow so much as happened since my last post that this might be a very long blog. So feel free to stop whenever you want. It's hard to get to the school or an internet café, but hopefully once school starts up I can just go in the morning before class!
Wednesday the 27th we finally started our orientations. We met at one of the two schools and saw the kitchen, where we will be spending most of our time the next few weeks, and recieved our Chef jackets, knives, cellphones, and met the infamous Andrea, the Italian Chef who will be teaching us the culinary arts for the next month! Though the meeting was prtty basic, the food was delicious, and Rylie and I even took some chocolate cookies (what we think our like spritz) home with us!
Earlier that day, myself and two of the other girls, had spent the afternoon taking a 4 hour walk around the town, seeing the sites such as the Santa Maria Novella, and enjoying the weather. We also met with Chef to see the market, along the way discovering the Eurostore, which will be are amazing for basic needs we don't want to spend money on! Most the group sat in the kitchen hanging out and talking before the orientation in the evening, which was a nice break for our feet!
After the orientation, a few of us walked around Firenze to see the town at night and enjoy a nice cup of gelato. After trying 4 different samples, I settled on Nutella and Stracchetela, and we asked the man working for directions. This is how we met Meimo! He told us some good sites to see and we ended up talking to him for close to 30 minutes! We then went on our way, ending our night at the Ponte Vecchio and enjoying the night tour that was going on close by!
With the weather cooling down, the bugs are starting to bite, and though they aren't mosquitoes, the reaction is the same. This means we have to keep our balcony doors closed because we spent the night throwing shoes at them in attempt to kill all 50 that were swarming above our door!
I also discovered a thing called a bedai (not sure on the spelling), and though we like to use it to wash our diry feet 3 times a day, there are some people in the house who like to use it for it's real purpose! Kind of gross!
The next day ( the 28th), we had a 3 hour orientation in the morning to go over the rules and regulations for our classes. This was then followed by a walking tour of Firenze, where we saw the infamous statue of the David by Michaelangelo and the Duoma! Our tour guide, Marcello, was not only hilarious but really knew his stuff and kept us entertained for the whole 4 hours!
Afterwards, we went to a dinner consisting of our whole group, including Chef, which lasted close to 3 hours. The dinner was delicious, which included 2 different pastas (one being peach raviolli) and 2 types of salad, 4 bottles of wine and an amazing chocolate soufflé! Talking and hanging out past the time and even though dinner ended around 11pm, some of us weren't ready to go home. Therefore, we walked the town and enjoyed the sites for several hours.
After finally going home, Rylie and I stayed up talking, both too scared to fall asleep when we realized our fear of clowns and the stories we told!
There is still much more to tell but my time on the internat has ran out so you will just have to wait until tomorrow!
Ciao for now!
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