This morning was my final class at the Scuola Leonardo in Florence. We had our final exam, which I passed with a 93% (still having issues with pronouns). Brava!
I certainly learned a lot and there were some real highlights during these 3 weeks, one of them being developing a massive crush on a fellow student (I didn't think I was still capable of doing that.... fabulous!). I decided to treat myself to lunch at a restaurant. I have not been eating out much at all. I much prefer cooking/eating a casa. But today, I decided to have lunch a a quirky restaurant... The Dante Restaurant and Pizzeria (if you can imagine).
Included is a wall painting of the famous Pre-Raphaelite imagined first meeting of Dante and Beatrice:
For antipasto, I had the "fantasy" of crostini. Some kind of chicken paste, tomatoes, black olive tapenade and liver: and an Aperol Spritz, because it is hot:
And then I had thin slices of veal with roasted potatoes..... so fab, and a switch to red wine:
In Italy, you are given a small basket of luscious bread and is actually for a specific purpose. You are not supposed to just eat it... You are supposed to fare la scarpetta, which literally means "make the little shoe," and figuratively means, use the bread to soak up the olive oil or sauce. Come questo:
And then, DOLCE!!! Una caffé macchiato and tiramisu:
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