Only 9 photos today. Can you believe that? This morning we went to the National Library, which is kind of equivalent to the Library of Congress, except that they have 2 here--one in Rome and this one in Florence. We got to take a tour and see all the behind the scenes stuff and we even got library cards which are good for life! Now I'll just have to learn to read Italian so that I can actually make use of my new card....
We had the afternoon free and I decided to take it easy. I had a nice big lunc of Gnocchi melanzane (gnocchi with eggplant, and a nice tomato sauce and lots of ricotta salata grated on top.) Then I went up to Fort Belvedere (where I tried going the other day, but which was closed) to sit in the park and relax and enjoy the view.I woke up this morning with a cold...stuffy nose, sore throat, headache, the works. Yuck. I hope it doesn't last long.
In other news, I asked my landlord how to operate the washing machine. He showed me, and I had done everything correctly, and it didn't work for him....then he realized the water to it was turned off. :)
2 comments:
hi nicole - this is making me so jealous! what a great experience. keep us posted on all the cool things you see and do. - liz
are you going to make trips to Sienna or Qinque Terre or Pisa, etc.? or only florence. Anyway I'm jealous too.
Happy Birthday.
Brian
Post a Comment