Hi hi hi! So Nick has been here for about a week, and I have finished finals, said goodbye to all of my "new" friends from this semester, and slept a lot. The new apartment is fabulous and I was able to have some of my friends over before they headed back to their respective homes in the states. I was stunned at how close I had become to people I met only 4 months ago. I will miss everyone so much, and hopefully will be able to keep in touch and see them again to talk about our incredible time in Italy.
Nick and I have been slowly working our way around the city, trying new restaurants, and trying our own hands at Italian cooking in my mini kitchen. We have figured out that with enough good olive oil, garlic and tomatoes, we can do ANYTHING. However, we seem to only get out of bed for food and a bit of a walk. We did make it to the Uffizi yesterday where I was able to share with Nick some of my favorite works of art including Rosso Fiorentino's Sacra Conversazione, Andrea del Sarto's Madonna of the Harpies, Botticelli's Calummy of Apelles, and other stuff like some Leonardo's and a couple Caravaggios and Tintorettos.
After that we walked around the town, window shopping and catching up on each others lives. I have to say it has been so great to be able to share my time here with both Nick and my Mom, and I wish I could share it more tangaibly with more of you. As most of you know Nick is very interested in organic foods and the slow food organizations that are gaining popularity in the states, because of this he has researched about organic farms in Italy, and we will be visiting Bologna, and other cities in the Emilia-Romagna region so that we can experience organic Italy. I'm looking forward to seeing another side to that region of Italy, and am thankful that Nick and I can share so much of our passions here, me with art and him with organic food and slow food organizations run entirely by the Italian farmers who provide so many of the great ingredients in all my favorite dishes.
Well that's all for now, after some of our travels, I will relate what is sure to be some hilarious conversations I attempt to have with farmers in Italian, and can only imagine what the language barrier will be like outside of the large towns and cities I'm used to.
All my love, and please keep sending updates on your own lives to melamed.johnson@gmail.com because I love reading them!! I hope to see some of you when I return to the States on Dec. 29th before I leave again on the 10th of Jan.
Ciao!!
Me
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