The 5 of us were finally reunited for 12 short days. Highlights of Katy’s stay included: hearing all about new friends and classes at Beloit, a snowstorm that left our car (and both of our neighbors’) stranded at the bottom of the hill, walks on the top of the hills to soak in the glorious view, a couple of trips into Bologna (one to see the sights, one to shop the mercato and saldi (January sales)), plenty of time in the shower (mostly to get a wireless signal), celebrating la befana (when a which comes in the night between January 5th and 6th and brings candy to the bambini buoni (good kids) and coal to the bambini cattivi (bad ones)- when our kids tasted their coal, they discovered it was black licorice-flavored candy, good news! You can see la befana on a cake in the photos), a trip to Florence with sunny weather and relative warmth (and wait of only about 15 min to get into the Uffizi, unheard-of!), and finally pizzas at our favorite local pizzeria.
Photos:
- katy arrives safely
- on the way up the Tower in Bologna, cold noses and toes
- katy maddy gus on top of the tower (only 500-some steps)
- view of Bologna from tower
- la befana on cake in window at Gamberini (best bakery in BO)
- katy finds best wifi signal in shower
- katy decked-out in mercato purchases
- view of our winter wonderland from neighboring hill
- katy maddy gus at the mercato La Borsa at the porcelino in Firenze
- maddy orders everyone's gelato in Firenze
- katy's gelato
- the arno, taken from behind the Uffizi
- all of us at Capriccio
Hey guys! this is iva here, looks like ya all are having fun! I wish i could pack myself up and send me to you.....
ReplyDeletewe will carefully inspect all the packages that come our way to see if you are in there- if so we will get you a nice, refreshing gelato since you will be hungry and thirsty from the trip!
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