Goodbye Tuscany

It's 7 am. I leave for the airport in 3 hours. Let's not talk about it. I will say thank you for the birthday wishes! And I will see some of your beautiful faces tonight!

The Party

I meant to post these pictures on the 29th but alas when I got home from work the internet was down...probably because of the ferocious thunder storm we had. But they're here now!

Here I am with my big goodbye card and the most amazing gift from Tobey:

One of many Tobey-Revanna hugs that night. (See that beautiful dress Tobey is wearing? I want it.)

Me and Samuele (Petraia's server)....a classic Italian 20 year old:
Me with Carlotta and Emanuela (Petraia's housekeepers):

Susan and I:
(Are you getting sick of seeing pictures of me yet?)

Cake time!

Giuliano and I! (He got his hair cut before coming...I wish you could have seen his hair before...gorgeously curly.

It was the perfect place to spend my last hours as an 18 year old and my first minutes of being 19.

Sneak Peek

I just got back from my birthday party and it's 12:14 am here...which means in Italy I'm 19. Happy Birthday to me! I have many more pictures to share but 6 am is going to come fast so I'll leave you with this preview

The Rain

I have four days left....and it's raining. It's supposed to be raining all weekend. But I'm happy.See you soon!

Bye-bye Zagara's Pizza.

Last night was my last Zagara's pizza. That's sad. It was delicious...but sad. I wonder how long it will be until I forget how good Antonio's pizza was and be able to order pizza in a restaurant in Canada.

Orbetello and Orvieto

On Sunday we were supposed to swim. I was going to break in my bathing suit for the first time this season. It didn't happen. We did drive around an island and eat a delicious lunch in Orbetello, but it mostly just looked like this:
I was glad that I had got to see Orbetello in the sun with Brenda when she was here, because we barely got out of the car!

After Orbetello we drove to Orvieto and on the way we saw these:

So, while I didn't get to have the first swim of the season I did see my first sunflowers. Gorgeous. This is Orvieto:

One of the most prettiest towns I've visited in Italy.

With a Duomo:

And gelato. Of course.

And the most beautiful view:

It's now Wednesday and I will be going home exactly a week from now...so begins my last week in Italy. It's been named "The Funnest Week Ever" and I'm planning to enjoy and embrace it completely.

Time to say goodbye.

There are only 9 days left. I've started saying goodbye to places and things. Yesterday I took the train into Florence one last time.

I said goodbye to the fake David.

Ate my last gelato. I mean last gelato in Florence. Whoa, if you think I'm going 9 days without having gelato you are so wrong. This was a special gelato because it was a scoop of gelato in a blood orange granita. It was like a ice cream float...but a 100 times better.

I also had the classic Florentine Bistecca. A 2kg steak. One of the best steaks I've had in my life.

Of course I didn't eat the whole 2 kg myself...they were other people around.

It was sad to leave Florence, it's a beautiful city with yummy food and tons of great shopping. Hopefully someday I'll get a chance to go back.

And now we are off to Orbetello (a town by the sea) for the day....it's overcast out with the occasional boom of thunder, but I'm still bringing my bathing suit.