so i have had a lovely couple of weeks, especially my last week, when my beautiful friend sharon came over, we had lots of fun, eating all we could, and seeing all the sights, i got most of the week off work, so we had plenty of time to do lots of wonderous things... we went to fiesole, a beautiful hill top a few miles north of florence, spent the day walking around, and enjoying the fresh air.. we ate pizza, twice, had tiramisu, which was pretty moving... we went swing dancing, which was ace fun, but hot hot hot, we ate the best chocolate cake i have ever known, drank tea, and slipped into day dreams in comfy leather armchairs in a place called hemingways, with the good man watching down over us...
the sun shone all week long which was lovely, i was in a t shirt on friday, as we went to piazza michelangelo, which is just a big car park, but with lovely views over the city the arno and the mountains beyond.. we ate numerous cakes, rolls, croissants and the like. on friday we cooked for graham and his mum, we had soprasatta on bread for starters, the like of which we dont have in england, its like slices of pate, really thick, but like a ham, it was lovely, then we had pan fried duck - i forgot the name and had to quack, but we got it.. on a bed of goats cheese risotto, lovingly stirred by S, with rocket and a red wine sauce. It was pretty fantastic...
oooh i had my first bifstecca fiorentina the other day, this is a speciality of florence, a two inch thick, t bone steak, apologies to the veggies out there, but this was something special, i have never in my life eaten something so delicious, from a plavce called perseus, it was outstanding, along with tempura veg and roast potatoes, it wasalso tooo much!
i think its time for some lentils, and lots of fruit and veg..
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