a day of firsts

After three days of being here we finally have towels, bearings and feel like it's time to start exploring, getting lost and finding Florentine gems. Thus, today is a big day of firsts!

First remodel of our apartment...starting to feel like home! We even made curtains out of the leftover sheets.

First trip to the market... aka first experience with extreme eye candy everywhere. Mom and Jen you would have died. 

First purchase...a new fur vest from the market! Since I speak NO Italian yet (working on it!) and the man who sold this to me spoke NO english we found common ground with....Spanish! Bueno! 

First pizza... Ley Ley we have you to thank for the most amazing pizza I have ever eaten in my life. We ventured to the other side of the river to Gusta Pizza, ordered the house wine and 4 different pizzas and literally savored every last bite of them. Trying to decide now how many days we have to wait until it is acceptable to go back...tomorrow too soon?

First trip to the art bar...our new favorite cozy spot where every drink literally looks like a work of art!

First italian old man crush...Christina needed a memory card for her camera and popped in a store near the Duomo. We went inside and she was chatting it up with the sweetest old man, Mario. He has been working there since the beginning of WWII when he used to have to work for FOURTEEN months to earn ONE euro.

(photo courtesy of Christina)

First run... Mollie, Christina and I put on a few layers and headed to the Arno for our first run in Florence. We only got lost once and it was amazing to get to run along the beautiful river and see a side of Florence that we haven't explored yet. 

That's all for now!

ciao bella,