A few days ago, I noticed some big white tents being set up near Santa Croce which is right down the street from my house. After some research I learned that the tents were being set up for a chocolate festival! Even better...the chocolate festival is going to be here for the next TEN days! So, of course, today I went and walked around the festival for about an hour, sampling and purchasing some chocolate. I will probably need to restrain myself from going back every day and doing the same thing! Here is a picture of the festival with Santa Croce in the background :)
After exploring the chocolate festival for awhile, a large group of people from my group decided to walk up to Piazzale Michelangelo, an area outside the city walls where the view is absolutely amazing. Today was the perfect day to go--58 degrees and sunny! During medieval times, almost all cities were surrounded by walls, and Florence was no exception. When leaving the city, you have to walk through a gate in the wall and from the Piazzale you can see the wall going up the hill and surrounding the city. Here are just a few pictures I took of the city from outside the walls.
So, what kind of chocolate did you get me? How cool that something like that was in walking distance from your house. Nothing quite that exciting going on in Harrisonburg! The weather looks beautiful...we are still very cold, cloudy and just downright miserable. Spring can't come soon enough for everyone:) That's so cool that Mrs. Driver's class will be following you. I will have to check to see if I can get to this blog from my school-or if it's blocked. Love you...MOM
ReplyDelete