My homestay sisses "M" (age 12) and "G" (age 10) are watching the Italian-voiced-over version of Wizards of Waverly Place. Their nonna is watching one of her (violent from what I can hear) soap operas. I made "Fusilli Super 85" (squiggly pasta) for dinner and M was impressed that my pasta came out so pretty! Coming from an Italian, I'm taking that as a compliment (even if she is twelve)! I also went Italian for lunch and I made a piadina with a sort of tortilla, cheese, and prosciutto crudo. It was lovely! Prosciutto crudo translates to "raw ham." And that's what it is. It's "cured" though, whatever that means, so it is okay to eat. I can't get enough of the stuff! Cooked ham is not anywhere near as good!
This isn't the best picture of the sword collection, but the museum guards were on the move and I suspected that I wasn't supposed to be taking pictures.
I figured that I might as well check out a museum today, as there are about a million to get through in only a few months! So I chose Museo Stefano Bardini since my Let's Go Budget Florence guidebook promised me that there would be lots of weapons (I'm not actually super appreciative of art).
Honestly, I was rather disappointed. There was only one room of death-inducing objects. However, there were some good parts and I'll show you the highlights.
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| Bacchanal by Mattia Preti (1640) |
I'm assuming that this is Atlas, with the weight of the world on his shoulders.
This isn't the best picture of the sword collection, but the museum guards were on the move and I suspected that I wasn't supposed to be taking pictures.
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| Duomino? |
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| I could really rock this cape. |
It's pretty tough to be productive when I'm still convinced that I'm on an extended vacation in Italy. I don't see the need to break the delusion yet, however, and I'm stoked that I will get to go to VENICE and VERONA next weekend! Seriously- two of my dreams come true!
Have you gone exploring lately?
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