Spring has sprung, the grass... has ris...

Question: what do 60 degree temperatures, blooming daffodils, potential haircuts (for me), David Beckham, and Ronaldinho all have in common?

Answer: They're all in Florence. Today.

Life's pretty blissful, pretty glad it's spring already, because it's VERY nice!!

Diet

Before I even post the pics of the Rome trip and Carnevale in Viareggio, I thought I'd write a special post for what I've been eating. It looks a good deal like this. Never as much though; usually something like half of that. I wanted to use up the rest of my chicken. But yeah, what you see right here is chicken (cutlet style) served with a basil-tomato sauce with some onions, garlic, red pepper, and (of course) grated parmesan cheese. All served over penne.

Why penne you ask? Because I can buy 1.5kg of the stuff for under 1 euro.

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Nevertheless, pasta becomes all that I ever eat. I am in fact REDEFINING SARTRE'S HELL. This delicious food that you see here is my dinner every night, and I do not seem to be able to cook anything different.... so there's my conundrum. What would Heraclitus say about my recent lack of dietary flux? Why so Parmenidean, Agostino?? Hah. Well, that just about exhausts my memory of Pre-Socratic philosophers.

Florence at Night

This is just a taste. Pay special attention to the color of the sky! Crazy crazy blue.

La Pietra/Gardens Part 1

Get a load of this place. Unbelievable. (ps. I wish blogger would let me upload more than 5 photos at a time. If anyone knows how to do this, could you tell me via comment? Thanks!)

Campus

The trip to class down those stairs looks treacherous because it is! The nice shady Viale to Villa La Pietra is very nice! More on La Pietra later.

The Walk to San Marco

My Apartment!