It is amazing how time is just flying by. Thursday Deanna and I finally discovered a website that allows us to catch up on our missed tv series. So after about waiting a month we finally watched the season finale of PLL and now are left in suspense until the new season begins. Thursday night was an early night for us considering we had to be up early for our field trip for our art class to Pienza. Pienza is a small province of Siena located in the country side. It is not easily accessible by way of public transportation. We met early in the morning and got onto the coach bus and started to head for Pienza. Pienza was a very quaint town and would probably be considered a hamlet due to how tiny it was. For the first hour that we were there my art teacher explained all the different architecture techniques that were used in order to construct the main square. After we took a tour of the palace that used to be home to many popes. During the tour we had listening devices that looked like landline telephones from the 1960s. Once the tour was completed we had two hours of free time to ourselves. Some of us decided to go get lunch in one of the restaurants that we found along our exploring. Pienza is also famous for Pecorino. Pecorino is cheese made from sheeps milk. Every other shop was a cheese shop, so we spent most of our afternoon walking in and out of cheese shops sampling! For the remainder of our time there we sat on a brick wall that over looked the rolling hills of the country side and just soaked up the scenery. It was nice to be in a really quiet town for once that was not overwhelmed with tourists and the noise of the hustle and bustle of the city. Once arriving back in Florence it was time for roomie night! We all ate dinner together and then pushed all our beds together to snuggle up and watch The Lucky One. The weather on Saturday made you want to be lazy and stay in bed all day. I spent the day doing some homework until we went to church at the Duomo at 5. My roommates and I decided to treat ourselves to a nice dinner on Saturday night. We all got dressed up and we took the bus up to a restaurant that sits on top of a hill. The restaurant has a closed in patio where you can sit to enjoy your dinner as you look over vineyards and down below the city of Florence all lit up at night. We all split an appetizer that consisted of italian meats and cheeses. For my main dish I enjoyed homemade spaghetti with sicilian vegetables and capers. It was hmm hmm good! After a delicious dinner we headed back down the hill for a night out on the town. Saturday night we went to a bar called Uncle Jimmies, which is a bar that plays country music. Considering it was our first time there it was a night full of fun as we sang and danced the night away. It seems to be that every weekend there is a different event going on in the Piazza di Santa Croce, which is basically my backyard. On Sunday we went to the Piazza di Santa Croce and visited the energy exhibit that was set up. The exhibit focused on the energy of Italy throughout the years. It was something different to see and explore!
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