Siena!

I finally have internet in my apartment! (Well our own internet so we don't have to steal it from someone else anymore, even though we were never sure of where it was actually coming from)

This past Friday I got on a bus and went to Siena with two of the guys that live across the hall to visit my good friend Krissy who is studying there on the Lewis & Clark program. It took a little over an hour, but it was well worth it. After arriving I left my apartmentmates (one of them had studied in Siena last semester and had friends to see as well) to meet up with Krissy. Krissy still had a class field trip to the Palazzo Publico, so I joined her and her classmates to the museum. After we walked around the city of Siena in which she showed me all the major sites.

After walking she introduced me to Italian "happy hour". We went to her favorite go to for drinks. Italian happy hour not only has discounted drinks, but they also serve little appetizers that vary from place to place with your drink. We had a drink which was amazing, but I can't remember the name. It was made up of orange juice, peach juice, champagne and gin, I would say this is my new favorite drink. With it came little panini's, chips and peanuts.


After we walked around some more and then had dinner. After dinner we met back up with my apartmentmate at his friends apartment where we proceeded to meet people from all over the world. By the end of the night I had made three new Dutch friends.

The next morning Krissy and I headed back into the city of Florence. We took it easy, walked around, found the chocolate festival, ate gelato, climbed the Duomo, watched the sunset from the top of the Duomo, found frech fries, took a nap, went to dinner, learned dutch drinking games, and finished the night by going out dancing. After getting home at 4:30am we went to bed. This morning Krissy and I made an egg scramble for breakfast (eggs are very uncommon for breakfast here), which made us both really happy (I think). We hung out a for a little bit longer before she went back to her home in Siena.

I also figured out today that as much as I love our apartment our kitchen sink in the corner makes washing dishes very awkward and difficult. As well as how to use the blog