Thursday, July 5, 2007
Homeward Bound
Today we caught a 7 am bus to the Pizza airport. Since we had time we took a taxi to spend 3 minutes to see the Leaning Tower of Pizza. Not the dream duty free shopping at the airport but it was small and felt safe.
The 9 and 1/2 hour flight from Pizza to JFK was made all the more undelightful by the noisy Italian children who were either running through the aisles, talking or crying. No sleep was to be found on our end of the plane. JFK was nice to arrive at although the line through customs was long. We ate at Chili's again and then waited for our much delayed flight. We did not arrive back into SLC until about 1:30 or 2 am. A long day. We were happy to see Hanna and Max and to get home.
The 9 and 1/2 hour flight from Pizza to JFK was made all the more undelightful by the noisy Italian children who were either running through the aisles, talking or crying. No sleep was to be found on our end of the plane. JFK was nice to arrive at although the line through customs was long. We ate at Chili's again and then waited for our much delayed flight. We did not arrive back into SLC until about 1:30 or 2 am. A long day. We were happy to see Hanna and Max and to get home.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Florence w/ our Guide, Uffici, The David etc.
Today we met our guide on the Pontevechio (the main bridge in Florence) this bridge has been around since roman times being a part of the route from Pizza to Rome. The bridge now has jewelery shops crossing its span. We then walked to an old chapel on the poorer side of town where the first painting of the rennaisance is. It was a grand experience to start our day seeing this great change in art and hearing about the people and their lives at the time it was painted. We also noted the exhistance of many small paintings on buildings of the Madonna which gave hope to he poor people of the day.
We next went to see the David and some works by Michelangelo and hear stories of this life and the times he lived in. Then it was on to the Uffici to see the highlights of this great museum. Our guide was great; I would recommend him again any day his knowledge of Florence and art were matched well with his english.
Later we set out to find a much talked about restaruant that was near the end of the Ponteveccho underneath an arch. It was very small but was our best restaurant of the trip.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Florence - Our Cooking Class Day
We walked to our meeting point -- near the bridges to the older side of Florence and were picked up by a white van at 9:30. We were dropped off at a 1200 century palace with a newly rennovated kitchen. Stephan a delightful young chef with adequate english was our cook for the day. We were in a group of five people; three other Americans whom two were friends. Darrin and I made up the rest of the five.
We spent most of the day here cooking with Stephan. We made several dishes together and then sat down to eat them. We made a local version of foccacia bread, spinach ravioli, a wonderul roasted peppers toping for crostini, a lovely pork roast made with milk and herbs served with spinach, vegitable rissoto, roasted potatoes and a non cooked chocolate dessert that looked somewhat like salami. We did not arrive back to our hotel until 4pm. I was a lovely day with great food and company. We had Stephan give us his recommendations on where to eat.
We spent most of the day here cooking with Stephan. We made several dishes together and then sat down to eat them. We made a local version of foccacia bread, spinach ravioli, a wonderul roasted peppers toping for crostini, a lovely pork roast made with milk and herbs served with spinach, vegitable rissoto, roasted potatoes and a non cooked chocolate dessert that looked somewhat like salami. We did not arrive back to our hotel until 4pm. I was a lovely day with great food and company. We had Stephan give us his recommendations on where to eat.
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