Life is Never Dull in Firenze

Today I woke up late and with a splitting headache. I could barely get out of bed. It was pretty brutal. I think that it might have been caffeine withdrawal. I have been drinking a ton of espresso. 

Unfortunately, this was the one day where there wasn't any espresso out with breakfast. Bad luck! I did, however, make myself two Nutella crepes! They didn't have any strawberries or banana, but I'm not complaining. :)

Since I was feeling so terrible, I figured that I relaxing day at the park might be my speed today. So I took a couple Midol and walked to Cascine park, which is only 10 or 15 minutes from my apartment. 

I was surprised to find a giant festival where the park was supposed to be.

But I was also really excited! There were a ton of tour buses lined up on the street, so I knew it was going to be good. The first thing that drew my eye were the animals. They had white cows, horses, and sheep!

There were rows and rows of white tents. There were all kinds of things for sale: cheeses, olive oils, honeys, wines, scarves, breads...

There were even cacti for sale!

I bought a pretty pink scarf. Couldn't resist!

I sat on a bench here and watched the little kids run around. So cute! And my headache went away at some point. :)

There was a whole other side of white tents so I went to check out that side. I was not expecting to find this:

DRAGON!

I'm still seriously impressed! A photographer saw me taking pictures of the hedge art and said something to me in Italian. I was afraid that he was going to say that I couldn't take a picture of it. Instead, he wanted to take a picture of me taking a picture! Oh, Italians!

Schiacciata

At this tent there was a basket of free bread samples out! I helped myself to two. This bread is called schiacciata and it's the best bread in Firenze because it's salty and buttery. The majority of the bread in this city is called pane toscano and it is made without salt! They put olive oil and salt on top of it to eat it. But it's got nothing on schiacciata.

Now I have no idea what this pyramid-shaped building is, but I saw it and thought it was neat! Honestly I'm afraid to know what it's used for.

"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." ~Psalm 118:24