--What a swell, stupendous Saturday! Nikki and I went to Volume, which is a wonderful caffe that used to be an artist's wood shop. I am in love, as you could imagine. And I had a great cappuccino, too! This place knows the way to my heart =) We worked on homework and things, and then Jayne joined us.
The three of us grabbed panini from a hole-in-the-wall shop, and sat in the sun by the Duomo for lunch. After some gelato, we went to Florence's library (the one with a close view of the Duomo top), and sat on the third floor to so some more work.
Later, we reconvened, and went to an incredible vegetarian restaurant for dinner. I don't think I have ever been to a vegetarian restaurant before, but let me tell you, it was great! The three of us pushed our plates together and shared the delicious variety of flavors, rice, cous cous, and veggies. And we shared a piece of carrot cake for dessert! Such great food, such lovely girls.
We met up with Karlie and Amanda to hear some live music at our favorite pub. Last time, it was two men and their acoustic guitars. This time, however, it was about ten musicians, playing Irish music! (Mom, you shoulda been there!) They were preparing their songs for St. Patrick's Day. In the Irish musician circle, there was an acoustic guitar, a botzucci (mandolin-ish, played by Mico), 4 fiddles/violins, a harp, and some sort of a drum. It was very neat and inspirational to see all the instruments. We talked a bit to our friends from Livorno from the last live music performance we saw at the pub. And our kind friends are pictured below!
Mico, Nikki, Karlie, myself, Amanda, Jayne, & Alessandro
inspired by the instruments and each one's sound,
i began a sketch of the musician circle while in the pub
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