florence back to milan

our hotel in florence was fairly shady. it was near the train station and there were total freaks hanging out around it. also, the booking site said it was a 4 star hotel and it was no where near that. it was kind of gross. but we survived. plus it may have just been worse in our eyes after the princess hotel. it did have a rooftop swimming pool so that gave it some cool points. even though a whopping 47 degress doesn't exactly provoke a dip in the pool ;)

anyway, we did loads of shopping yesterday (sarah more so than i) and we went in to the coolest store called roberta with the nicest man. we were there for almost an hour trying everything on (gloves, scarves and purses). when we were done making our purchases he gave us scarves as gifts - it was really cool! we're such good shoppers! after that we went to quattro leoni (the four lions) per a suggestion from my friend molly. it was so fantastic! the food here is rarely disappointing.

sarah also did a wine tour on monday and said it was great as well. we did more shopping today to buy some additional luggage. sarah needed it because of all the shopping she did and i needed it because (i just found out) that a lot of airlines in europe only allow one carry on bag. oi! so we both bought these really nice leather rollie bags. they have shoe compartments in the bottom and are nice and roomy on the top. i so love it, i've wanted a bag just like it forever but they are so expensive back in the states. florence rules for leather goods!

we made it back to milano and i had to say ciao ciao to sarah - she headed to the airport since she had an early flight tomorrow back to the states so she can get home for thanksgiving. that realization threw me for a bit of a loop, i completely forgot! i asked fulvio if he would like to do a turkey dinner and he said that would be nice so we'll see what i can come up with. in the meantime - happy thanksgiving to everyone!

oh, i am going to miss black friday :( everyone do some extra shopping for me!

MWAH!

tiff