Mercoledi delle Ceneri. Ash Wednesday.

Ciao tutti!

Now, I know none of you are going to believe this, but I woke up earlier than I had to today! Yes, I woke up probably 2 hours before I really had to be up. Now those of you that have to get up really early (which is usually most of the working world) aren't going to be happy when I tell you this, but my "early" time was 8:30am. Yes, I know, life is such a struggle sometimes.

Well I got up and got ready for my day, had my breakfast, and was out the door before my brother was even was out of bed! (This never happens!)

So my mission on my way towards school was to try and find a cheap place to buy a small journal. I have to write 3 journals for 3 separate classes and up until this point I have been putting them on random pieces of paper or in my notebooks. However, I will need to turn them in soon (one was due today) so I had to find notebooks so that I would have them all in one place. I was almost to school and still hadn't found something yet so as I passed a bookstore I decided to head inside and see what they had. I found one of the cheapest notebooks for 4 euro and bought it, because I had to copy my journals entries into it before my class. Then, upon reaching school, I decided to check out the market that is always in our Piazza. (The vendors rotate, so I wasn't sure what I'd find.) Right outside my building was a guy that had many tables set up with all kinds of items for no more than 3 or 4 euro. What did I find? Journals for 1 euro. And they had more pages then my 4 euro one! I was a little mad at this, and I now understand why Florentines are known for their shopping around.

 

My journals. Can you tell which is which?

The left is the 4 euro and the right is the 1 euro. I ended up buying two of the 1 euro journals.

 

Being that it is Ash Wednesday I had to try and find an alternative to my panino with meat or a large pizza. So I headed to Paninopoli and got one of their mini margherita pizzas!

It was so cute and very good! It was the perfect size for my lunch.

In my class today we watched "La prima bella cosa" (The first beautiful thing). It is an Italian movie from 2010 I believe. It was very good! A bit sad at parts, but I'd recommend it for anyone that is interested.

 

I had a wonderful dinner with my family. I'm not sure if it is just them or common of most Italians that are Catholic, but we definitely had meat today, and dinner was not small. First we had some pasta, which had an absolutely delicious sauce! I was practically licking my bowl. Then we had some pie type thing. I really don't know what they are called, so the only way I can describe them is like a pie, even though they weren't round. (They were cooked in a 9x13 pan.) There was that flaky dough on the top and the bottom and then there were different fillings. I got one piece that had mushrooms and speck in it. (Speck is a type of meat.) The second piece had prosciutto and the Kraft cheese that I love! I was absolutely stuffed by the time I was done. However, there is always room for dessert!

This was my yummy dessert. It had an orange flavored cake on the top and bottom and was filled with chocolate whip cream and then there was powdered sugar and cocoa powder on top. After I took this picture my mother then gave me a big scoop of the filling on the side! :) (There was still some left in the bowl.) I was licking my plate on this one, so much so that my mother asked if I'd like another one, but I was too full, so I had to turn it down.

Well, that is all for today.

 

 

Stella and Megan decided that they wanted to say hello to all of you! :)

 

 

 

A domani!