Monday again...

...and back to school! Marco has returned, and it makes such a difference! The morning flew by, and before I knew it, it was 1 pm. We have another new student in class this week: Monica from Germany. But wait, you say, didn't you spend last week hanging out with Monica from german-speaking Salzburg? Yes, true...this is another person entirely. I guess the name "Monica" must be popular over there...

I didn't do much of anything this weekend....watched a little italian TV to work on my listening skills and took a few walks. Yesterday, I stopped for a drink in the middle of the afternoon and had a "Rossini" made of champagne and strawberry juice. Yum.

For dinner last night, I went back to 4 Leoni, which mom and aunt clare and I had visited while they were here. I had a little antipasto (including crostini with chicken liver) and then the pasta which mom had last time: fiochettini. It was just as good as I had remembered. And then for dessert, the waiter recommended the cheesecake with chocolate sauce, which is his favorite dessert there. It was wonderful! And afterward, I used a phrase which Marco had taught me: mi piace da morire, which means, literally, I like it to death - a Tuscan expression meaning that you like something very very very much. The waiter was very surprised and pleased to hear me say that!

Tonight I'm going up to San Miniato al Monte to watch the sunset over the Arno...hopefully I'll be able to get some spectacular photos. Then dinner at a new place recommended to me: Osteria Antica Miscita di San Niccolo. Another adventure...

Okay, you tell me which way I'm supposed to walk! It appears to be into the construction site, doesn't it???