Fun in Florence

On Saturday we went out for Betty's 18th! We went to a cool dance show called "Firenze Danza" which was basically a recital for all of the dance schools in Florence. It was funny that they did some dances to Andrea Boccelli and some to Mika and Missy Elliott. We went to see Billy from the hair salon perform and he did really great. I will tell him that when I go in to have him wash my hair for like 30 minutes. It's the most glorious thing in the world and definitely worth £10. After the dance show we hopped on the bus and chatted as Betty counted down the minutes to her birthday- we were hoping that we wouldn't be on the bus when it was 12 and we weren't.
We were however in the midst of baking yet another chocolate cake with powedered sugar on top. We devoured it between the three of us and then got ready to go out to Space Electronica...known as Space. It was very entertaining so see people dancing in cages and I finally understood what people meant when they said that going there was both an 'experience' and an 'event'.
When Alli, Betty and I got out onto the dance floor, about 8 men crowded around us and tried to dance with us. So we left the dance floor quickly and went to see what things were like downstairs. It was more calm...no cages etc. And we decided that a good way to disuade the men would be to start a crazy dance- similar to Scott's crazy walk. It didn't help because a man came over and took my hand, it looked like he was going to kiss it but then he kissed my elbow, which is beyond strange.
The next morning Kelly got back to Florence around 10:30 and she came in and yelled "Buongiorno!" We were so thrilled that she was back!
Scott got to Florence around 6. We went out to dinner for Betty's birthday to a place called Il Gato e something...it means fox. The resaurant was named after the cat and the fox that Pinocchio meets on his way to school. It was amazingly delicious and the pizza tasted like the pizza in Sicily, which was literally the most delicious thing I have ever had.
If you want it: Go to Palermo, then go to the sketchiest of possible parts of town, and eat the most delicious thing ever- it's so worth it!
So anyway, the next day Scott and I went to the Synogogue which is very beautiful and we walked around the city a bit- we found awesome Birkenstocks for so so cheap which was a terrific purchase. On Monday night we cooked in the apartment and Scott made is ricotta cheese cake. It was so delicious! And he made it without an electric mixer.
Tuesday Scott and I went to Assisi and Perugia. Assisi was beautiful but the churches were only okay compared to ones that I have seen in the past. I thought that the view from Rocca Maggiore was very beautiful. Perugia was a lot better. We got there and we only had about two hours to see things. We tried to find the city center and ended up walking for a while, but it ended up being fine and the city center was very clean and lovely. We walked down the oldest street in the city and saw an Etruscan Arch. We also say an Etruscan Well which was about 35 meters deep. The Duomo and the central piazza were very nice. We made it to our train in time thanks to a crazy cab driver zipping around the streets and Scott and I were shocked the see how much we had walked on the way up.
When we got back we went out to dinner at a Acquedotte (I believe) which is near the Synogogue and Scott's uncle Rich once cooked there. The food was very delicious. Then we went to the main event which was of course Bealtes Night at Be-Bop. They were so good, the only thing that was sad was that we found out that Paul McCartney was married and expecting a baby...which stinks because I have a crush lol...but anyway, we went to Shot Cafe during intermission and met a cute bartender from Liverpool named Ben. When we went back to Beatles Night it was even more crowded. They put on a terrific show and Scott said, "I want them to play my favorite song- 'Something'." and then right after he said that, they started playing it- which was awesome.
Florence has been so amazing and fun and it feels like I fall more in love with it every day.

Tomorrow I am going to Milan for the night because my flight to Istanbul leaves from Malpensa. I am going to do some sights in the morning before my flight such as the Duomo (the third largest in the world) and I would like to see "The Last Supper".
Istanbul is going to be so amazing and then the week after that is Prague! I foudn out that there is a Frank Gehry building there called the Dancing House. It looks incredibly cool.
So many amazing experiences to come!
We also booked Nice for the first weekend in May- we are taking an overnight train (9 hours) and we were able to save £30 by getting a seat instead of a bed, so we did that. It should be interesting if nothing else haha.
Nice is going to be incredible though, I really can't wait!

Love and miss you all,
I will have pictures up soon, my computer hasn't been picking up the connection in the student center so I haven't had an oppertunity.
Ciao <3!