Lezioni di questa settimana
For this weeks lessons,
Last night I learned that if I stay a little too long at work chatting with a friendly coworker, I may just catch the most beautiful sunset where the dark purple hot pink sky swirls circles dances around a spot of light bright blue until it swallows it up like the night greedily consuming the day.
I also learned that such a sunset is all the sweeter when shared silently with an old Italian woman whom you know has seen more brilliant sunsets over Firenze than you should ever hope and whose dark eyes hold more secrets than you would ever care to know.
I learned that the random little street that I pass every day leads up to a quaint little park and the steps leading up to the top surrounded by tall pines with views overlooking all of Firenze are carved thru with an enormous mosaic landscape sculpture of a swirling dragon lizard creature with eyes of crushed blue aqua glass and tail which winds up the hillside and ends in a goldfish pond and open gaping mouth that competes to swallow up the sunset.
Italian pizza is by far the best tasting pizza one has ever tasted and to order it in a restaraunt and not at one of the ubiquitious cafes is the best way to experience one. It comes on nearly paper thin perfectly burnt crust and I would highly suggest tomato mozarella gorgonzola mushroom.
Ive learned that if anyone should have an inclination to send a care package, it might want to include: Mamouns Falafal, a US weekly or People magazine (is it true that Brittney cant breast feed because of her fake boobs?), Blue 9 cheeseburger, season two dvd set of Deadwood, fabric softener, Cafe Habana corn, Mommies chicken and dumplings, charmin toilet paper, a methadone like substance to replace my soft cheese addiction, and an unlimited gift certificate for beautifully hand crafted Italian leather shoes which are an art form all to themselves.
Ive also learned that Italians go on strike for just about anything. Not that long ago, security workers at the Ufizzi stopped working because the exhaling of too many tourists started to bug them. So Ive decided that in light of this open strike atmosphere, andrealand is going to go on strike until more people start to send emails or create postings and let the author know how they are doing.
Cinqueterra is one of the most beautiful places to hike and I am off for there tomorrow morning.
