Feed the birds, toppins a pomodoro

Today:

Fish!

• Today I scaled, gutted, filleted and ate a fish! FUN!...and SO FRESH...Marcella went to the market this morning and bought salmon, swordfish and sea bream. Wow, fresh fish is incredible.
• We did three different fish in three different ways--one raw, one steamed and one seared..all delicious!
• The best thing today was the celery souffle...like nothing I'd ever had before!
  -For starters, I've never made a souffle, let alone a savory one
  -It was incredible. It was so light, airy and fluffy...yet it had the taste of celery
  
• We spent some time talking about taste, flavor and perception which I really enjoyed
• Dishes:

Marinated Salmon and Celery Souffle

Pesce Spada agli Agrumi (Swordfish Rolls with Citrus Sauce)

Orata ai Carciofi (Sea Bream with Artichokes)

Museo Salvatore Ferragamo

• The best part was the technology, there wasn't really much about shoes--just a lot of name dropping of people I don't know...I guess I'm not that big into fashion
  -"Concerto with four hands--piano and shoemaker," comparing the art of craftsmanship to playing the piano. Video showing a stage with a pianist playing a concerto and a shoemaker making a shoe.
  -lots of touch screen displays where you could rotate, drag and zoom photos, info cards, etc. (dad, you would've loved this)
  

Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia

• Could've sworn online it said it was open 9-1 and then 4-9 so I came home after class to read/nap before starting into the city center and doing the tourist thing. Went to the shoe museum first, followed by a gelato on the Ponte Santa Trinita, then ventured to the photography museum at 5:30, only to find out they close at 6:30...awesome. So I'll go back this weekend (they have discount student tickets on Saturday and Sunday anyways, so I guess that's okay)

Wandering

• Spent the rest of the afternoon/evening window shopping and finding new piazzas and buildings I hadn't seen yet.

Peeing lego dog

Photos of the Day:

I saw this woman and immediately thought of (my least favorite scene in) Mary Poppins ("feed the birds..."). Naturally, I crouched down to take a photo which spurred screams from her and the surrounding people. Right as I took this photo, the old bird lady was winding up, and seconds later a tomato (pomodoro) was flying towards me. Needless to say, I stood up quickly and got out of there. Hilarious.

Feed the birds, toppins a pomodoro

Thankfully my time here as so far been filled with both wine and sunshine :)

My philosophy on life

Lesson of the day:

Double check museum times? Be confused by the fact that a museum would be open from 4-9pm...

The Count

Glasses of wine drinken: 13

Gelatos eaten: 3

-->Flavors tried:11

Pomodori thrown at me: 1

Pasta dishes eaten: 10

Photos taken: 688

Tomorow:

veal, chicken and lamb :)

Medici chapel?

Museo Galileo?

keeping my options open...