Today we finally went shopping
AND bought stuff! Katie, Morgan and I came home after school to drop our things
off and then we went out to the pig market. I think it is called Mercato Nuovo,
but we usually just refer to it as the pig market. There is a huge bronze wild
boar and Florentines say that if you rub the boar’s nose and place a coin on it
and it lands in a certain area, your deepest wishes will be revealed and you
will one day return to Florence. We
haven’t done that yet, so hopefully when we do, the coins will all land
correctly! Before going to the market, Morgan and I had to stop at the bank and
get some money. The banks here are crazy! There is a metal detector outside but
it is like a space shuttle time capsule that a door opens and you go in, and
then that door closes and another one in front of you opens and you’re in the
bank. Morgan got in without a problem, but it started speaking Italian to me
and the first door wouldn’t close. Some very nice Italian man told us that it
was because I had some metal on me, it wouldn’t let me in. I had to give my
purse and everything to Katie before I could get in, but I made it and I spoke
a little bit Italian to the bank teller and I got money! Anyways, we went to
the market and Katie and I both found purses we liked the day before but of
course we didn’t get them. Today we thought maybe we would try for the “buy
something when you see it and like it” rule but that didn’t work. We found the
purses we liked again but Katie decided she didn’t think that was what hers
really looked like and I wasn’t sure about mine either. To make an extremely
long day of shopping short, it took us from 1:45
to about 6:00 to finally buy the
purses we liked in the very beginning. And somewhere in the middle of the day,
a scary bum whistled in our ear!! We were just walking down the street, minding
our own business when this man came up to Katie and blew a really loud whistle
in her ear. It was so creepy and weird. Back to the purses though, Katie’s is
red leather and she bought it for 70 euro and mine is green leather and I
bought it for 50 euro. They are both double leather which means leather inside
and outside, and also means very EXPENSIVE. Molto caro! Before buying our
purses, we went to eat at the same restaurant we ate a few days before. We had
the same waiter (Eugenio!) who was slightly strange, but still funny. He gave
us a free bottle of acqua and told us of a good discoteque to go to. He also
said he’s meet us there after work, but that’s a whole different story… When we
went back to the markets after feeling rejuvenated after lunch (cheese pizza
bread and French fries!), I found a sweatshirt that is extremely cute. It has a
fleur de lis and two lions on either side of it. It says ITALIA in old style
letters on top of it. Katie and Morgan both found sweatshirts they liked at a
different place and Morgan asked for a deal if they bought them together and
the guy was like “25 and 18, how much is that?” and Morgan was like “Umm, 30?”
It was pretty humorous at the time! After we finally bought our fantastic
purchases, we came home and decided to start drinking! We did our homework like
good little girls, and then started the drinking games. After drinking for
awhile…and becoming increasingly more intoxicated as the night went on…we
decided to go out around 11:30. As
we were leaving our apartment, we walked by the restaurant at the bottom of the
hill and saw this sprinkler hitting just one of the cars parked there. We all
started laughing and thinking that really sucks for whoever’s car that is! Then
we see a lady walking towards the cars and the car with the water beeps open
and she said something like “problema” so we don’t know if she was saying
something like “do we have a problem” but it was hilarious! Out of all the cars
parked there, and all the people in Florence,
we laugh at the one who is standing right there! After our car water
experience, we met Javier at a club called YAB. There were so many people there
and they all looked about 15 but they played good music so we’ll probably go
back when there aren’t as many people some night. I bought a purse AND went
dancing, great day!!
