This weekend, the girls and I got a visit from the one and only Rachel Cooper! After a long day (this was Thursday) of an unnecessarily discussion in studio and a test in seminar, we were excited to make our way down to the train station and show off our little town to Rachel. We bee-lined home since it was sprinlking, had dinner, went to the local gelatteria, and got ready to go out. Sadly, Pirate bar is closed till we leave for spring break, apparently the owner is in the Caribbean buying more alcohol. So of course, RAB bar was the first place we had to go. As always, Santi (the owner/ bartender who wears the awesome white lab coat) was there to greet us and chill with us for awhile. Next we were off to the Velvet Underground. They had live music that night, which was unusually awesome. Pretty much most of the K-State group was there, and some others from Santa Chiara. We hung out and danced the night away. I'd say it was a successful venture.
The next morning, we got up and got ready for the Arezzo antique fair! It's held the first weekend of every month, and it's actually a pretty big deal. After a quick pastery from La Perla, we hopped on the train to Arezzo. The antique fair was pretty extensive. It went down the main Corso in Arezzo and wrapped around a few streets while branching off down others. They had everything from precious stones and jewelry to chandeliers and old machinery. Kelsey and Cara bought some stones for their jewelry making class and Rachel got a pair of sunglasses that were made by an Italian purse company in the 80's that no longer makes sunglasses. Pretty cool! After we walked around most of the fair and did a little more shopping, we met more of the KSU group for lunch. We had been looking for something other than Italian for awhile- and on Saturday we caved. Chinese food was definitely on the menu. The place that we went to was pretty nice inside while super affordable. We had a weird realization though- here we were in Italy, eating Chinese, and being waited on by Chinese people who were speaking Italian to us. It felt a little wrong to say the least. The food was extremely average, but a nice break from pizza everyday.
After lunch we stopped by the Eurospar (a grocery store) in Arezzo and hopped on the train for Castig F.no. After our trek up the hill with our goodies we were pretty tired, so the roomies and I decided to partake in the Italian tradition of siesta. We ended up taking a siesta (nap) for about 4 hours. Oops. It was practically dinner time when we woke up, so we headed to the dinning hall for another meal and lots of card games afterwards. After all, when in Rome- eat, siesta, eat again, do something social, sleep. Ah, the life of an Italian.
Things I learned:
The fish tank at the entry of a Chinese resaurant is universal. We assumed it's some feng shui strategy.
Everyone knows we're American on sight (except Kelsey, people think she's Italian). When we were at the antique fair, a woman was trying to show Rachel and I something. The man next to her said a bunch of stuff, but all I caught was "Americana" and "no capisco" (which means "don't understand"). Precisely random dude, I barely understand you saying that I don't understand. We definitely need to expand our vocab beyond ordering food and transportation tickets.
On Wednesday, we're taking a trip to Assisi! The Orvieto group already went and said it was amazing, so we're pretty pumped for it. And now, I'm off to go enjoy the lovely weather we're having while it lasts!
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