There's not much around here, and we are without a car, so we just ate at the hotel. Asparagus is still in season, so Lizzie had asparagus soup and I had asparagus with corn-fed poulard.
There's not much around here, and we are without a car, so we just ate at the hotel. Asparagus is still in season, so Lizzie had asparagus soup and I had asparagus with corn-fed poulard.
We are at the Dorint Hotel near the zurich airport. Four tram stops in the morning and we'll be on our way home.
Did i mention we bought an extra suitcase to carry all the stuff we bought on thisRead more
I will miss these pistachio eclairs. I also had and enjoyed a caffe latte.
.. and oh my God did we do it right. We start with the traditional Tuscan appetizer platter... Which turned out to be a ton of things each more delicious than the last. Pea souffle, pate and tomatoRead more
We've seen a lot of Florence before, but with the thinning crowd it presented a few photo ops.
Lizzie took us on a walk around town since the crowd was lesser today. Stopped at this cafe for a light snack and discovered an awesome Italian soda called spuma bionda paoletti. I sure hope they haveRead more
I went 3 pages into google and everything is in Italia. You can order it to be shipped to the US from ebay: http://www.ebay.it/itm/24-BT-GASSOSA-ARANCIATA-SPUMA-BIONDA-BITTER-ROSSO-CEDRATA-E-PAOLETTI-E-FIGLI-/162529663729?hash=item25d785daf1:g:hBkAAOxyzi9SeTEP 24 bottles for 28 euros before shipping
It's rather hot today so we have decided to relax on the rooftop of our hotel. It is a little noisy but a spectacular view. Everything that Florence has to offer can be seen from up here.
We slept in and then walked back over to the cafe. I didn't see the big pistachio eclairs so I just got a sandwich, which is just as well since my stomach has been bothering me this week. Lizzie got aRead more
We arrived 10 minutes before the kitchen closed (guess that's a pattern for us.. why does everyone close at 1030?) But got proscuitto and mozzarella appetizers, I got pasta Alla amatriciana, andRead more