Stephanie Ura is my bitch

Oh hi Steph ;) Love you <3

Steph, like my mom, just yelled at me for not blogging every second. So here is a report of my day.

With our art history class this morning, we visited the Basilica de Santa Croce, a large church very close to our apartment and school. It is the burial place of many famous Italians such as Michelangelo and Galileo, and there are many tombs and monuments dedicated to historical figures from Italy. The ground underneath the church is lined with corpses, and the floor is covered with tombs with human shaped facades on them. There are huge paintings and many different rooms and courtyards. It was absolutely beautiful, but I forgot my camera! So I didn't get and pictures of that.

After classes today I went to the Coop again with my roomates and had a more successful trip than last time. I bought apples, tomatoes, lettuce, canned pears and peaches, dried apricots, yogurt, and tortillas, along with a few key items that I was running out of. I'm extremely happy to finally have some fruit and veggies in my diet again and to have some easy and healthy options to make for breakfast and lunch when I don't have much time. It was also a really nice day so the walk to the store was enjoyable.

Yesterday, we found a place right down the street that sells huge pieces of pizza for two euros, which is very cheap compared to other cafes around here. We stopped on our way home from class and grabbed a piece for brunch, and it was delicious. They also have pastries and cheap beverages, so I'm happy that we found it!

Tonight, we had a cooking class at a culinary school across the city. It was such a cool experience to take a class from a real Italian culinary teacher. The chef was awesome and hilarious! We made ricotta and spinach ravioli in a sage butter sauce, a layered eggplant dish with potatoes, zucchini, and cheese, and pannacotta with strawberry sauce for dessert. It was a delicious free meal and they gave us a book with all the recipes in it so we could make them at home.

Today was a really good day because I kept busy and we did some really cool things. The one thing that's driving me crazy is all the mosquito bites! I'm itchy all over.

I want to go hangout with my roomates now, but I wanted to blog for Steph hahaha :)

Ciao!