yesterday i...

1) successfully bought bags of grocery for under 9 euro at Mercato Centrale. On the Italian grocery shopping list? (yes, this is a chance to practice my food vocabulary and make a boring grocery list sound pretty exotic)

-pomodori

-brocolli

-formaggio ricotta

-orecchiette

-biscotti

-mela

-caffe

-finocchio

-pane di grano

-arancia

-lattuga

2) got caught in the rain

3) smelled i marroni being roasted on the street

4) fell in love with a pair of purple patent-leather oxford pumps 

5) saw couples giddily walk into a lingerie shop

6) decided to visit the Uffizi for the first time (i know, it's shameful)

7) was stunned by how real the porcelain skin of Venus of Urbino is

8) watched white birds gracefully fly over the Arno from the second floor of the Uffizi

9) stared into the eyes of Sophocles

10) smiled at the sleeping face of baby Eros

11) realized how much I love the cute older Fiat 500s around town - they are just so quintessentially Italian.

12) attended mass at the Duomo

13) put lots of Tabasco sauce on my Omelette at The Diner

14) realized I havent been to Piazza Michaelangelo yet

15) fell in love with Florence again

16) missed New York